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



thanks for the reply.
Just curious...do you know any other way to reset the base components of debian??
i.e. xdm,gdm,kde and etc...

thanks
mjh

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 4:19 PM, Jamin Davis <jamin@ghost.merseine.nu> wrote:
Michael Habashy wrote:

> I do not want to kill this to death but..on a good system:
> mach1:/bin# ls -l bash
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 769368 2006-12-11 17:28 bash
>
> No one knows how to force a fresh copy of the base debian setup?? with
> overly impacting my present system ??? to take care of the xwindows and
> bash issuse????

If your bash executable and parts of xdm have been compromised then you
should remove the system from the network and either reinstall from
CDs/DVDs or recover from a known good backup. bash can be reinstalled by
apt-get --reinstall install bash.

--
Jamin @ Home @ Chester UK


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