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Date:      Sun, 13 Jan 2002 09:23:00 +1300
From:      Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
To:        Colin Harford <colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Cannot find root directory
Message-ID:  <20020113092300.C1200@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
In-Reply-To: <B8654ED7.1795%colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca>; from colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca on Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:24:23AM -0700
References:  <B8654ED7.1795%colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca>

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On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 02:24:23AM -0700, Colin Harford wrote:
> So, for whatever reason, all of a sudden, out of the blue I am unable to
> login from any account other than root.  I keep getting the error message
> when I go to login that: Cannot find root directory.
> 
> If I login as root, and try to su to another user, I get
> /usr/local/bin/bash: Permission denied.

Check the permissions on the root directory, all the way down to the
standard users home directoriesy. Sounds like they've been changed to
restrict everyone.
-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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