Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:08:07 -0600 From: Eric Long <eric@metrotv.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Help. /etc/pwd.db.: Permission denied Message-ID: <B6837CD6.92A%eric@metrotv.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10101111556450.11521-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net>
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> You sure the root line is correct and that its uid and gid are 0 ? That > the perms on /etc are correct? and I think maybe /tmp ? The root line in /etc/passwd: root:*:0:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh Permissions: drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 2048 Jan 11 15:17 etc drwxrwxrwt 4 root wheel 512 Jan 11 14:38 tmp -Eric > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Eric Long wrote: > >> For some unknown reason, my passwd file got corrupted today. I found out by >> not being able to su to root. I can, however, ssh into the box with root, >> so I have root access to make any appropriate changes. >> >> I think I have gone through every FreeBSD related conversation on the web >> that deals with pwd.db, master.passwd, passwd, and spwd.db and still cannot >> figure out how to fix this. >> >> I ran pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd and came up with a corrupted line. It >> happened to be the line in the passwd file that root is defined on. I have >> restored these files numerous times (pwd_mkdb -p /etc/master.passwd and from >> master.passwd backups) and have been able to correct this corruption. >> pwd_mkdb -C /etc/passwd no longer produces errors, but I still cannot su to >> root, nor can I change passwords on any account. >> >> su'ing to root results in a "Sorry" message even though I am entering the >> correct password. >> >> Here's what happens when I try to change a password: >> >> # passwd >> passwd: error opening database: /etc/pwd.db.: Permission denied >> passwd: /etc/master.passwd: unchanged >> # >> >> I have a few other FreeBSD boxes running and have verified that permissions >> are correct. To do further tests, I changed all passwd, master.passwd, >> pwd.db, and spwd.db to world read/write to see if I could get around the >> Permission denied message. It worked...sort of. I could go through the >> password changing prompts, but after entering the verification of the new >> password, I got another permission denied message for /etc/pw.bleh where >> "bleh" was what seemed to be a few random characters each time I tried doing >> this. >> >> Furthermore, normally when su'ing alread as root, nothing happens. After >> the passwd file problems (but even now that it's fixed) I get this: >> >> # su >> su: setgroups: Operation not permitted >> su: Jan 11 15:23:33 boxname su: initgroups(root,0): Operation not permitted >> setusercontext: Operation not permitted >> # >> >> >> My permissions are correct, I have verified this by comparing them to other >> working FreeBSD boxes I run. My passwd file isn't corrupted anymore, my >> master.passwd file is also fine. >> >> Does anyone know what is wrong? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -Eric >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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