On Saturday 11 May 2002 17:34, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2002 at 05:29:54PM -0400, edj wrote: > >Somehow or other, all user files/directories changed from user name to > >number. edj:users, e.g., now reads 500:users, not only in HOME but > > also in /tmp. Some configuration file got foobarred, but I don't know > > which. Also, is /tmp supposed to be drwxrwxrwt ? I changed the 500's > > in home/edj to edj, but they all changed back. Any advice > > appreciated. Thanks a lot. > > Generally this means your /etc/passwd file has been clobbered. > Yes, /tmp is supposed to have those permissions. It lets anybody > create files, but only the owner (and root) can remove them.
Thanks. I checked /etc/passwd against a version from a backup, and they're identical. A result of all this is that no user can log in at all. Because root's stuff is still root:root, all's well with it. An attempt to "su" from root to edj yields a "Permission denied" - I guess because edj's been hosed from the system. -- Ed Jabbour _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
