Verify that these files have the setuid bit
on:
ls -alE /bin/fomtlinc
ls -alE /bin/fomtlout
-rwsr-xr-x --s- 2 SYSADM 1 344064 May 19 2009 /bin/fomtlinc
-rwsr-xr-x --s- 2 SYSADM 1 319488 May 19 2009 /bin/fomtlout
^
setuid bit
To turn the set-user-ID bit on, issue the following commands:
chmod u+s /bin/fomtlinc
chmod u+s /bin/fomtlout
Also, see (older) INFO APAR II12726, as it may explain how the setuid bit got
turned off for these files.
If the /etc file system was mounted R/O, a different rsncode would surface:
FSUM2378 The start of the session was not recorded. The slot
(in /etc/utmpx) fo
r this terminal could not be updated, or a new slot for the terminal could not b
e created.
Function = pututxline(), terminal name = '/dev/ttyp0000', program name
= '/bin/f
omtlinc', errno = 141 (X'0000008D'), reason code = 05620060, message
= 'EDC5141I
Read-only file system.'
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