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Date:      Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:07:39 +0800
From:      James Lim <evilfry@sg.freebsd.org>
To:        Grzegorz Czaplinski <gregory@alpha.mini.pw.edu.pl>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: _secure_path: cannot stat /etc/login.conf
Message-ID:  <01060619073901.40498@evilfry.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106061243350.31803-100000@alpha.mini.pw.edu.pl>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.33.0106061243350.31803-100000@alpha.mini.pw.edu.pl>

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Hi there,

=09Have you tried dropping into single user mode and doing a fsck on ur=20
root device?





On the last episode Wednesday 06 June 2001 19:01, Grzegorz Czaplinski=20
wrote:
> Hello!
> I have run into a very strange problem. Yesterday at about 10:15am
> something broke and no one can log into the system but root.
> The most common messages are:
> Jun  6 12:29:03 prioris /kernel: Jun  6 12:29:03 prioris
> inetd[63616]:_secure_path cannot stat /nonexistent/.login_conf:
> Permission denied
> inetd[ ]: cannot execute /usr/libexec/fingerd: Permission denied
> prioris login: _secure_path: cannot stat /etc/login.conf:
> Permission denied
> prioris login: _secure_path: cannot stat
> /path/to/homedir/.login_conf: Permission denied.
>
> I cvsuped sources, recompiled the kernel and the problem persists.
> I checked all of the file permissions, everything seems to be OK.
> I run cap_mkdb.
>
> When I try to log as a normal user I receive the message:
> alpha% ssh prioris -l gregory -v
> [skipped]
> gregory@prioris's password:
> debug1: ssh-userauth2 successful: method password
> debug1: channel 0: new [client-session]
> debug1: send channel open 0
> debug1: Entering interactive session.
> debug1: client_init id 0 arg 0
> debug1: channel request 0: shell
> debug1: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 0 rmax 16384
> debug1: client_input_channel_req: channel 0 rtype exit-status reply
> 0 debug1: channel 0: rcvd eof
> debug1: channel 0: output open -> drain
> debug1: channel 0: rcvd close
> debug1: channel 0: input open -> closed
> debug1: channel 0: close_read
>
> Cannot find root directory              =20
> <---------------here!!!!!!!!!
>
> debug1: channel 0: obuf empty
> debug1: channel 0: output drain -> closed
> debug1: channel 0: close_write
> debug1: channel 0: send close
> debug1: channel 0: is dead
> debug1: channel_free: channel 0: status: The following connections
> are open:
>   #0 client-session (t4 r0 i8/0 o128/0 fd -1/-1)
>
> Connection to prioris closed.
> debug1: Transferred: stdin 0, stdout 0, stderr 31 bytes in 0.1
> seconds debug1: Bytes per second: stdin 0.0, stdout 0.0, stderr
> 553.2 debug1: Exit status 254
>
> Login from the console:
> "Cannot find root directory".
>
> # uname -a
> FreeBSD prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #2:
> Tue Jun 5 20:03:17 CEST 2001
> rgregory@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PRIORIS-4=20
> i386
>
> Do you have any clue?
> Plese help, any hints appreciated,
> best regards,
> =09gregory
>
>
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--=20
Regards,
James Lim
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