From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Nov 22 10:32:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA08680 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:32:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from nemesis.idirect.com (root@nemesis.idirect.com [207.136.80.40]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA08633 for ; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 10:31:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from hometown.idirect.com (carrera@hometown.idirect.com [207.136.66.27]) by nemesis.idirect.com (8.6.9/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA03286; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:31:41 -0500 Received: from localhost (carrera@localhost) by hometown.idirect.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA17486; Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:14:50 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: hometown.idirect.com: carrera owned process doing -bs Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 13:14:50 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Lixfeld To: graydon hoare cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Craaaaaaash.. In-Reply-To: <3295E3AC.15FB7483@multinet.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 22 Nov 1996, graydon hoare wrote: > > karma sendmail[91]: KAA00087: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec > > /usr/lib/exec/mail.local > > > > This message repeats itself, fluctuating between [95], [110], [111], > > [130], [139], [146], [154], [155], and [156] errors, aswell as fluctuation > > in KAA00087 to KAA00106, KAA00090, CAA00089, CAA00092, KAB00106, CAA01800. > > those are just PIDs and sendail job numbers which are all trying to use > your local mail delivery program. If /usr/lib/exec/mail.local is busted, > you'll have a hard time getting any mail. sounds more like your pwd.db > is corrupted. > what did you do? you can get your pwd.db back by doing pwd_mkdb > well, I'm not too sure what I was doing.. I was messing around with sending the .history file of each user to root, and the .histroy file from root, to me. Right now, this system is only connected cua a dialup 28.8 so.. I dunno.. Holy Molie.. I just got another massive screen dump on all 3 screens that I have open here in X. here is the contents: Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[877]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[877]: CAA01815: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[877]: CAA01815: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[878]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[878]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[878]: CAA01800: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[878]: CAA01800: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[879]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[879]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[879]: CAA00089: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:08 karma sendmail[879]: CAA00089: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:09 karma sendmail[880]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:09 karma sendmail[880]: /etc/pwd.db: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:09 karma sendmail[880]: CAA00092: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Nov 22 13:30:09 karma sendmail[880]: CAA00092: SYSERR(UID1): Cannot exec /usr/libexec/mail.local: Permission denied Mind you that is all that I could get.. I'm sure that there is more on top.. [root@karma.idirect.com]:[/root]:(1012)//> telnet localhost Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. FreeBSD (karma.idirect.com) (ttyp4) login: carrera Password: Nov 22 13:31:38 karma login: login from localhost as carrera Copyright (c) 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE (GENERIC) #0: Wed Jul 17 03:09:31 1996 login: /usr/local/bin/tcsh: Permission denied Connection closed by foreign host. [root@karma.idirect.com]:[/root]:(1013)//> There.. that is what happens if I try to just login as a normaal user.. Any ideas.. BTW: pwd_mkdb didn't work!:) do I have to reboot the machine first? Regards, Jason A. Lixfeld -=- IDBS Administration System Administrator Client Services Representative Systems Liason -=- Internet Direct o/a ComputerLink Online Inc. 5415 Dundas Street West Suite 301 Etobicoke, ON M9B 1B5 CANADA [416] 233.7150 {V} [416] 233.6970 {F} -=- carrera@idirect.com