[svlug] Permissions! :(

[Mark Willey]

In message <363CE9AA.1E46 at geocities.com>, Scott writes:
>hmm something happened and now my permissions are screwed up.  I have
>tried a lot of things.  root has no problems but all other users have
>problems.  i have a averages user called coldsun.  when i su to coldsun
>it says that it cant run /bin/bash.  well when i login as coldsun it
>says it cant execute /bin/bash.  Finnally after much trial and
>tribulations i did a chmod 755 /bin.  that gave coldsun enough so he
>could get logged in.  now he cant do anything.  i tried typing 'clear'
>'bitchx' everything.  but it all says bash: cant find command.  What is
>up?

In addition to the suggestions made by others, also make sure that your
mount points (uder the affected trees) have 755 as well!

Mark


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