From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 12:20:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7786C1065681 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:20:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.176]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47E8C8FC16 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:20:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from maanjee@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1067157wah.3 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:20:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=hp18MF25nBnf5XQtTO/HfpAZZ4KgcxLPuU63pTTTa4s=; b=j8UEIGilR7p0jwrUPuaBv4blnBH2HnTLO4qrXJ63ip1eBikVloOoHr/KI4HInUi73Q w/hvcKwgvIa/KY/hP9PHB7bNRBQRd+K67a9wySw4B5tqjwZftrKctDNMBsznLclGOwvy fx7AGkHIPRGamMN1dPMfh9izpaDcNkkz8GwnM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=b/9KWub2UBlDJDGRc6hwTDfAnBQX1TIB2sFecJTxrD+S779MMNUSh9bLinn3P6Nc3f RWkjvh9FaE8CVQwvOspOSgGFkC6qZu3MdH5VDpDMBP8YBoRT/C9wE23tCgRO8bs7qILR KBld6kegsXnR8oS8fgLZGnPntcv//CoklKbIo= Received: by 10.114.201.1 with SMTP id y1mr4457636waf.93.1220185205344; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.102.17 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:20:05 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <2cd0a0da0808310520i51dcb020r479c3a2219760f35@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:20:05 +0200 From: VeeJay To: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0808291026x4f70a82dxb577fe56e503055@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2cd0a0da0808281058t13cae3dk93ca769ae81157c3@mail.gmail.com> <20080828181300.GG26653@dan.emsphone.com> <2cd0a0da0808290308r3fc3873bp2871ae55acac9078@mail.gmail.com> <2cd0a0da0808291026x4f70a82dxb577fe56e503055@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Subject: Re: _secure_path: cannot stat> /dev/null/.login_conf: Not a directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:20:06 -0000 On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:26 PM, VeeJay wrote: > Hi Dan > > Thanks for your advice. Could you tell me where I should I start to look > for to make these changes and correct this problem? > > Regards > > VJ > > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 12:08 PM, VeeJay wrote: > >> Hi Dan >> >> Thanks for your advice. Could you tell me where I should I start to look >> for to make these changes and correct this problem? >> >> Regards >> >> VJ >> >> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Dan Nelson wrote: >> >>> In the last episode (Aug 28), VeeJay said: >>> > Hi there >>> > >>> > I have installed FreeBSD 7.0 production. After installation, I am >>> getting >>> > this message when server boots.... >>> > >>> > Could anybody tell what does it mean and how to fix this error??? >>> > >>> > _secure_path: cannot stat> /dev/null/.login_conf: Not a directory >>> >>> Do you maybe have a user account whose home directory is /dev/null ? It >>> looks like program (su, maybe?) is looking for ~/.login_conf using the >>> _secure_path() function. Try changing that home directroy to >>> /var/empty , which is an empty directory with no write permission >>> provided for cases when you need one. >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Nelson >>> dnelson@allantgroup.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " >>> freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks! >> >> BR / vj >> > > > > -- > Thanks! > > BR / vj > -- Thanks! BR / vj