Re: Problem: can't log in/su with any non-root user
On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Jeremy Morgan wrote:
> I'm not sure if this has been posted before (I've looked but can't find
> anything.) I recently reinstalled debian because the only user that my
> system could use was root. When I tried to su to any user except root I
> would get error messages:
>
> su: cannot run /bin/bash: Permission denied
>
> When I tried to login as another user:
>
> Unable to cd to "/home/porp"
>
> Now this creates many problems except the obvious one (I have to use root
> always): no daemons or programs can run as another user--exim (mail), the
> cron.daily find (nobody), or any others. Before I continue, I'll list the
> permissions of certain files:
>
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 364336 Jul 25 02:45 /bin/bash
> -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 9512 Jun 2 09:59 /bin/su
>
> drwxr-sr-x 2 porp porp 1024 Jul 24 14:49 porp
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 25 02:39 bin
> drwxrwsr-x 4 root staff 1024 Jul 24 22:14 home
What're the permissions on /? (ls -ld /)
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