Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-21 Thread Xavier
David Jarvie wrote: > On Sunday 19 March 2006 18:47, Joey Hess wrote: >> David Jarvie wrote: >> > Permissions on root directories: all have as a minimum, 755. /tmp/ >> > and /var/tmp have 777. >> >> Have you checked the permissions of / ? Having it not world readable can >> definitly cause this pr

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread Joey Hess
David Jarvie wrote: > Ah! So obvious when you think of it - yes, that was the cause. But why the > permissions should have changed, I have no idea. Often caused by untarring something in the wrong place. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread Michael Spang
David Jarvie wrote: >On Sunday 19 March 2006 18:47, Joey Hess wrote: > > >>David Jarvie wrote: >> >> >>>Permissions on root directories: all have as a minimum, 755. /tmp/ >>>and /var/tmp have 777. >>> >>> >>Have you checked the permissions of / ? Having it not world readable can >>defi

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread David Jarvie
On Sunday 19 March 2006 18:47, Joey Hess wrote: > David Jarvie wrote: > > Permissions on root directories: all have as a minimum, 755. /tmp/ > > and /var/tmp have 777. > > Have you checked the permissions of / ? Having it not world readable can > definitly cause this problem. Ah! So obvious when y

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread Michael Spang
Joey Hess wrote: >David Jarvie wrote: > > >>Permissions on root directories: all have as a minimum, 755. /tmp/ >>and /var/tmp have 777. >> >> > >Have you checked the permissions of / ? Having it not world readable can >definitly cause this problem. > > That certainly would be problematic

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread Joey Hess
David Jarvie wrote: > Permissions on root directories: all have as a minimum, 755. /tmp/ > and /var/tmp have 777. Have you checked the permissions of / ? Having it not world readable can definitly cause this problem. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2006-03-19 Thread Michael Spang
David Jarvie wrote: >My system (debian testing) has suddenly stopped letting ordinary users log >on. Root can still function normally, but any other user receives the above >message whenever they try to log on. I have done some investigation into >the problem, and can rule out the following cau

Re: cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

2000-02-23 Thread aphro
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Karl M Yerkes wrote: kmyerk >I add a user blah. blah works fine, can login, etc. . .then, after some time (minutes, hours, days) blah gets this error: kmyerk > kmyerk >cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied kmyerk > kmyerk >Permissions on /bin/bash are 755. Has anyone ha