I found the solution in a posting to lkml from 1998. Somehow the permissions on the / directory had changed to: rwxr-x---
They need to be: rwxr-xr-x Any ideas on what would cause the permissions on the / directory to spontaneously change? The system is behind a firewall w/few services exposed to the internet and there are only two people w/ shell access. If it were done manually, the system would have had to have been cracked, which seems unlikely. Thanks, Richard --- Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I checked the files in /etc/pam.d and nothing looks > out of the ordinary. Is there anything in particular > to look for? > > I thought it was a pam problem too, and I saw there > was bug filed against the pam in testing, so I > installed as part of this problem solving process > the > following three files from unstable: > > libpam-runtime > libpam0g > libpam-modules > > For all of the packages I alse did dpkg-reconfigure, > but there were no questions asked. > > Richard > > > --- Thomas Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Richard Weil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I'm running sarge on a fairly reliable machine. > > Today, > > > for some reason, no one but root can log on to > the > > > machine. All of the users are still on the > system. > > > Once logged into the system as root, it is > > impossible > > > to su to one of the users. Also, none of the > users > > who > > > access the system via samba can logon either. > > > > Sounds like a PAM issue to me. Check /etc/pam.d/* > > > > -- Thomas Adam > > > > ===== > > "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- > > http://linuxgazette.net > > "TAG Editor" -- > > http://linuxgazette.net > > > > "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and > > punish > > you for all of them at once when you get better. > The > > > > experience will probably kill you. :)" > > > > -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical > > Editor) > > > > > > > > > > > > Chat instantly with your online friends? Get the > > FREE Yahoo! Messenger > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]