Re: [Possibly offtopic] Only root can login

David (david@kalifornia.com)
Sat, 5 Dec 1998 02:47:42 -0800


Reply to mail from ztion@swipnet.se about [Possibly offtopic] Only root can login
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> I just noticed that only root can login to my box. Other users just get a
> "Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied".
> I have 2.0.36 , just upgraded from 2.0.35. I use slack 3.6.
>
> I knew i had read about this problem a while ago so i looked in the archives.
> Well , it turned out my permissions on /lib/ld* and /etc/ld* was all correct.
> What else could be causing this ?

chmod 755 /

...and other "uh...oops <crooked smile>" directories/files. :)

-d

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