-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Habashy wrote: > i agree - > > this issue seems to be affecting a couple oof other things on the server as > well. > For instance, on the xconsole screen..it lets me login and then bounces me > back out. > I uninstalled gdm package, i am left iwth kde ---when i login in with > that...i get an xterm window pop up and it states the same thing : Cannot > execute /bin/bash: Permission denied > > it is driving me up a wall. > > thanks..for any help... > mjh > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 6:11 PM, Jeff D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Nuno Magalhães wrote: >>>> Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied >>> Er... have you by any chance tried checking out the permissions for >>> that file? It'll be executed by the user, not root. Try 766. >>> >>> >> That should probably be 755 , not 766, you really dont want /bin/bash >> writeable by anyone but root. >> >> -- >> 8 out of 10 Owners who Expressed a Preference said Their Cats Preferred >> Techno. >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >
su root /bin/sh then chmod a+x /bin/bash i think someone has been messing with you. Also to be a right prat, chmod a-x `which chmod` (don't do it, but i've always been tempted to try it.....) Worth noting that in runlevel 1 you get a root sh , so you could put it right that way as well. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHw4M8LeTfO4yBSAcRAohaAJ0bLxk4PTYKiWtcpWwVqp4RPdSL1wCfWTd2 hEBixNA7cSjPNo2RPbVqIgM= =FO5U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
