also, make sure the password file is world readable.
On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Horia Chirculescu wrote:
>
> Chech the permissions of the current directory (where you, (root) are in
> that moment).
> ssantosh shuld be able to reach that directory.
>
> If you don't want to give that permission to ssantosh user, first you
> shuld cd into his own home directory, then run the SU command.
>
> Additionally, you shuld do a REAL login (log into your mail server using
> the normal way, not through the SU command), just to see if it works.
>
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> On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Manoj Kumar wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am using Red Hat 5.2. for mail server.
> > I have around 600 account on this, the machine configuation is 150Hhz, 8GB
> > HDD, 64MB RAM.
> >
> > This was running properly but suddenly a day some of my user face a
> > problem that they are not able to login.
> > I thought that they forgot passwd so i change the password. But the same
> > problem was again.
> > I use SU and it work with SU -L .
> > But the user is not able to login Individually.
> >
> > Finally i check SU <userid> then i get an error that is
> > "shell-init: could not get current directory: "
> >
> > and root also could not login using SU <only su>.
> > I recreate the login id, home directory every thing but the problem could
> > not be solved. Kindly suggest me what i need to do to solve the problem.
> >
> > Login id of one of my user is < ssanthosh >
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Regards,
> > Manoj
> >
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