On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Robin Turner wrote: > >%_On Friday 26 April 2002 16:36, skinky wrote: > > Today I made a reeeal bad mistake... I accidentally changed permissions on > > the /bin directory instead of a bin subdirectory and now I am unable to su > > to root. I get "incorrect password". Well at least I think thats what the > > problem is. > > > > AND I've only just completed a clean reinstall of LM8.1 which has taken > > days to get everything configured (eg. apache, twiki, samba, etc)! I > > really don't want to reinstall... Spent hours searching the net for clues, > > thinking it was something to do with basic authentication in apache with > > .htaccess files then remembered my error. I think it was a "chmod a+x > > /bin/*". > > > > So can someone pleeease tell me the permissions on /bin/su ? Hopefully > > that will solve my problem. > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 13952 Feb 7 2001 /bin/su > > Sir Robin
Probably have to be root to change permissions! Thats why I suggested single user mode... -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203 -- Gerald Waugh http://www.frontstreetnetworks.com Front Street Networks LLC - 203-785-0699 229 Front Street, Ste. #C, New Haven CT, 06513-3203
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