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Re: Unable to su as a user, I get: Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied



sorry..i lost you on that...you think that someone changed the permissions on /bin/bash ???
they are set to 766 to root.root

can you try to phrase things differently ???
thanks
mjh

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Rich Healey <healey.rich@gmail.com> wrote:
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Michael Habashy wrote:
> i agree -
>
> this issue seems to be affecting a couple oof other things on the server as
> well.
> For instance, on the xconsole screen..it lets me login and then bounces me
> back out.
> I uninstalled gdm package, i am left iwth kde ---when i login in with
> that...i get an xterm window pop up and it states the same thing  : Cannot
> execute /bin/bash: Permission denied
>
> it is driving me up a wall.
>
> thanks..for any help...
> mjh
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jeff D <fixedored@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Nuno Magalhães wrote:
>>>> Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied
>>> Er... have you by any chance tried checking out the permissions for
>>> that file? It'll be executed by the user, not root. Try  766.
>>>
>>>
>> That should probably be 755 , not 766, you really dont want /bin/bash
>> writeable by anyone but root.
>>
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su root /bin/sh
then chmod a+x /bin/bash

i think someone has been messing with you.

Also to be a right prat, chmod a-x `which chmod` (don't do it, but i've
always been tempted to try it.....)

Worth noting that in runlevel 1 you get a root sh , so you could put it
right that way as well.
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