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Re: Error opening /etc/shadow for reading



On Wed,29.Oct.08, 07:15:12, Goran Dobosevic wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to linux and have Debian Lenny for 3 month. Today when i was open 
> kde user manager so i can add my self to fuse group I got this massages:
> Error opening /etc/shadow for reading.
> kde user manager was open without root pasword
> edit my accaunt->add to fuse group->ok
> Can't create backup file for /etc/passwd
> Cannot open file /etc/group.bak for writing.
> Can't create backup file for /etc/group

Have you been prompted for the root password when you started the user 
manager? What are the permissions of /etc/shadow ?

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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