Re: could not open session

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (c.fa.johnson_at_rogers.com)
Date: 03/15/04

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    Date: 15 Mar 2004 19:13:05 GMT
    
    

    On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 at 09:35 GMT, moma wrote:
    > Support wrote:
    >> I'm using RH 9, I could not su to other users besides root. when I do "su"
    >>
    [snip]
    > 3) Check file permissions
    > # ls -ld /etc /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/pam.d
    > drwxr-xr-x 103 root root 12288 Mar 15 10:04 /etc
    > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 15 10:05 /etc/pam.d
    > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2623 Mar 15 09:50 /etc/passwd
    > -rw------- 1 root root 1588 Mar 15 09:52 /etc/shadow
    >
    > (just note: /etc/shadow should always be -r-r--r--)

        NEVER!!! The above perms are correct.

        The whole point of the shadow file is that it is NOT readable by
        anyone but root.

    -- 
    	Chris F.A. Johnson                      http://cfaj.freeshell.org
    	=================================================================
                    Everything in moderation -- including moderation
    

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