On Wednesday 07 Sep 2005 05:02, maximilian attems wrote: > can you please provide the output of the following command on your system: > adduser --quiet --system --no-create-home --group --home /var/lib/logcheck > logcheck >
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # adduser --quiet --system --no-create-home --group --home /var/lib/logcheck logcheck No output. The command executed successfully > you need to run aboves cmd as root, afterwards the output of that would be > intersting: > getent passwd logcheck > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # getent passwd logcheck logcheck:x:119:118::/var/lib/logcheck:/bin/false > as aboves may fail, are you using selinux or grsecurity? > what are you mount options, please send output of: > mount No, I'm not using any of them. /var is part of / /dev/hda8 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro,commit=0) > also the plain output of this both may help: > getent passwd [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # getent passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash sashroot:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sash daemon:x:1:1:daemon:/usr/sbin:/bin/sh bin:x:2:2:bin:/bin:/bin/sh sys:x:3:3:sys:/dev:/bin/sh sync:x:4:65534:sync:/bin:/bin/sync games:x:5:60:games:/usr/games:/bin/sh man:x:6:12:man:/var/cache/man:/bin/sh lp:x:7:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/sh mail:x:8:8:mail:/var/mail:/bin/sh news:x:9:9:news:/var/spool/news:/bin/sh uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/bin/sh proxy:x:13:13:proxy:/bin:/bin/sh postgres:x:31:32:postgres:/var/lib/postgres:/bin/sh www-data:x:33:33:www-data:/var/www:/bin/sh backup:x:34:34:backup:/var/backups:/bin/sh operator:x:37:37:Operator:/var:/bin/sh list:x:38:38:Mailing List Manager:/var/list:/bin/sh irc:x:39:39:ircd:/var/run/ircd:/bin/sh gnats:x:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats:/bin/sh nobody:x:65534:65534:nobody:/nonexistent:/bin/sh rrs:x:1000:1000:Ritesh Raj Sarraf,,,:/home/rrs:/bin/bash saned:x:104:104::/home/saned:/bin/false dictd:x:105:105::/var/lib/dictd:/bin/false identd:x:100:65534::/var/run/identd:/bin/false sshd:x:101:65534::/var/run/sshd:/bin/false dovecot:x:109:109:Dovecot mail server,,,:/usr/lib/dovecot:/bin/false fetchmail:x:102:65534::/var/run/fetchmail:/bin/sh postfix:x:103:107::/var/spool/postfix:/bin/false uml-net:x:113:113::/home/uml-net:/bin/false messagebus:x:106:114::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false hal:x:115:115:Hardware abstraction layer,,,:/var/run/hal:/bin/false test:x:1001:1001:,,,:/home/test:/bin/bash mysql:x:107:116:MySQL Server,,,:/var/lib/mysql:/bin/false alias:x:64010:65534:qmail alias,,,:/var/qmail/alias:/bin/false qmaild:x:64011:65534:qmail daemon,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false qmails:x:64012:64010:qmail send,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailr:x:64013:64010:qmail remote,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailq:x:64014:64010:qmail queue,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false qmaill:x:64015:65534:qmail log,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false qmailp:x:64016:65534:qmail pw,,,:/var/qmail:/bin/false Debian-console-log:x:108:108::/var/run/console-log:/bin/false logcheck:x:119:118::/var/lib/logcheck:/bin/false > getent group [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # getent group root:x:0: daemon:x:1: bin:x:2: sys:x:3: adm:x:4:rrs,Debian-console-log tty:x:5: disk:x:6:rrs lp:x:7:lp mail:x:8: news:x:9: uucp:x:10: proxy:x:13: kmem:x:15: dialout:x:20:rrs fax:x:21: voice:x:22: cdrom:x:24:hal,rrs floppy:x:25:hal tape:x:26: sudo:x:27: audio:x:29:rrs dip:x:30:rrs postgres:x:32: www-data:x:33: backup:x:34: operator:x:37: list:x:38: irc:x:39: src:x:40: gnats:x:41: shadow:x:42: utmp:x:43: video:x:44:rrs staff:x:50:rrs games:x:60: users:x:100: nogroup:x:65534: rrs:x:1000: man:*:12: sasl:*:45: crontab:x:101: camera:x:102: scanner:x:103: saned:x:104: dictd:x:105: ssh:x:106: dovecot:x:109: jwhois:x:110: postfix:x:107: postdrop:x:111: lpadmin:x:112: uml-net:x:113:rrs plugdev:*:46: messagebus:x:114: hal:x:115: test:x:1001: mysql:x:116: fuse:x:117:rrs qmail:x:64010: Debian-console-log:x:108: logcheck:x:118: Feel free if you need any additional information. rrs -- Ritesh Raj Sarraf RESEARCHUT -- http://www.researchut.com Gnupg Key ID: 04F130BC "Stealing logic from one person is plagiarism, stealing from many is research." "Necessity is the mother of invention."
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