Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 22:24:42 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: "Megias Sanchez, Jose Manuel" <JMegias@caja-granada.es> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help with finger permission denied Message-ID: <20020304222442.I576@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <1A4723CDE42AD611B61200A0C9AA5F3729BB85@correoex.caja-granada.es>; from JMegias@caja-granada.es on Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:12:35PM %2B0100 References: <1A4723CDE42AD611B61200A0C9AA5F3729BB85@correoex.caja-granada.es>
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On Mon, Mar 04, 2002 at 12:12:35PM +0100, Megias Sanchez, Jose Manuel wrote: > Hello, the command finger fails with all entries in /etc/passwd. > Here is the information: > > 1.- Command: > finger jose > > 2.- Output of the command: > finger: Permission denied > > 3.- Permissions on the finger binary: > -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel - 18832 Feb 20 07:51 /usr/bin/finger > > 4.- Permissions on the jose directory: > drwxr-xr-x 2 jose jose 512 Oct 29 13:30 /home/jose > > 5.- Execution of the command: > The command is executed by root user. > > 6.- FreeBSD version: > 4.5 stable > > 7.- In another PC running the same FreeBSD version the command is running > ok: > tijeras# finger jose > Login: jmg Name: Jose Martinez Garcia > Directory: /home/jmg Shell: /bin/sh > Last login Mon Jan 14 13:08 (CET) on ttyp2 from jmg > Mail last read Fri Mar 1 11:42 2002 (CET) > No Plan. > > Login: jose Name: Jose Manuel Megias > Sanchez > Directory: /home/jose Shell: /bin/sh > Never logged in. > No Mail. > No Plan. If you ktrace finger, you'll see it opens a couple of files: /etc/group /etc/finger.conf /etc/pwd.db etc Please run "ktrace finger jose" and then "kdump". I wouldn't mind examining the output of it. Please do this off the list as it might be big. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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