Re: Error opening /etc/shadow for reading

[Goran Dobosevic <goran@dobosevic.com>]

Andrei Popescu wrote:
> 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 ?
>   
no, before few days yes.
permissions of  /etc/shadow are defolt i don't know how to changed them :-)
> Regards,
> Andrei
>   
Thanks for helping,
Goran

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