Re: suddenly only root can login

2004-05-13 Thread Uwe Dippel
On Wed, 12 May 2004 11:59:23 -0700, Richard Weil wrote: > I did update to the latest testing yesterday > afternoon; I don't remember what was updated, but it > looked harmless. The problem manifested itself this > morning. No idea if this is related. My users can log on, but since the last update

Re: suddenly only root can login -- ANSWER

2004-05-12 Thread Tim Connors
Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Wed, 12 May 2004 12:51:32 -0700 (PDT): > I found the solution in a posting to lkml from 1998. > Somehow the permissions on the / directory had changed > to: rwxr-x--- > > They need to be: rwxr-xr-x > > Any ideas on what would cause the permissions on the /

Re: suddenly only root can login -- ANSWER

2004-05-12 Thread Richard Weil
I found the solution in a posting to lkml from 1998. Somehow the permissions on the / directory had changed to: rwxr-x--- They need to be: rwxr-xr-x Any ideas on what would cause the permissions on the / directory to spontaneously change? The system is behind a firewall w/few services exposed t

Re: suddenly only root can login

2004-05-12 Thread Richard Weil
I checked the files in /etc/pam.d and nothing looks out of the ordinary. Is there anything in particular to look for? I thought it was a pam problem too, and I saw there was bug filed against the pam in testing, so I installed as part of this problem solving process the following three files from

Re: suddenly only root can login

2004-05-12 Thread Richard Weil
This is everything from /etc/shells: # /etc/shells: valid login shells /bin/ash /bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/sh /usr/bin/es /usr/bin/ksh /bin/ksh /usr/bin/rc /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/tcsh /usr/bin/zsh /bin/sash /bin/zsh /usr/bin/esh /bin/dash /usr/bin/screen --- Jacob Bresciani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: suddenly only root can login

2004-05-12 Thread Thomas Adam
--- Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today, > for some reason, no one but root can log on to the > machine. All of the users are still on the system. > Once logged into the system as root, it is impossible > to su to one of the users. Also

Re: suddenly only root can login

2004-05-12 Thread Jacob Bresciani
what's listed in /etc/shells --- Jacob Bresciani Systems Analyst Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Alberta Bus: (780) 492-7368 Fax: (780) 492-1811 [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12-May-04, at 12:59 PM, Richard Weil wrote: I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today

suddenly only root can login

2004-05-12 Thread Richard Weil
I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. Today, for some reason, no one but root can log on to the machine. All of the users are still on the system. Once logged into the system as root, it is impossible to su to one of the users. Also, none of the users who access the system via samba can l