On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 04:03:58PM -0800, k l u r t wrote: > when i log into my desktop as root, i get the following message: No > directory, logging in with HOME=/ > > when i view the contents of / i see that root's directory is not > present with the exception of a file "root": > - -r-s-w--wt 57413 17916 2380551563 1970-01-01 04:41 root*
Peculiar. Broken datestamp suggests some corruption; truly bizarre permissions sets alarm-bells ringing: have you been rooted? It appears to be a very big file. What does ls -ls think (the size on the left, compared to the size in column 7-8)? > i can not chmod, chgrp, or chown this "root" file; i get the > "Operation not permitted" message when trying to do so (i'm logged in > as root). The UID and GID fields appear to be invalid too, at least locally. Do you use NIS or anything similar? > does anyone know what the problem is? has anyone experienced this > problem? what can i do to fix this? You could create another dir, e.g. /root2 and change the /root entry in /etc/passwd to /root2 (always be careful when editing this file); although that isn't much of an improvement on the current situation: the warning will go but the file will remain. I've never seen anything like this but I think it looks fairly serious. -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
