Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:48:44 -0500 From: John Almberg <jalmberg@identry.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old user can't log in Message-ID: <ECDF6933-47F6-4D67-AC5C-5E149590D971@identry.com> In-Reply-To: <9391FD2D-59ED-455A-8C87-2854C7EF1E52@mac.com> References: <325E4EC8-BD2B-45C1-978C-4922D16D3A94@identry.com> <9391FD2D-59ED-455A-8C87-2854C7EF1E52@mac.com>
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On Feb 12, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Feb 12, 2009, at 3:14 PM, John Almberg wrote: >> Just ran into a strange problem... I have a long-standing user >> account on my FreeBSD box that no longer works. She can't ssh into >> the box, and I can't even su to her account. >> >> $ su jessica >> Password: >> su: setusercontext: Invalid argument > > Does group 1022 exist in /etc/groups? Yes > Is the user a member of more than 16 groups? Actually, 15 plus it's own group, so yes, I guess exactly 16. I can guess what you're going to say next. Frack... Okay, I guess I can reorganize groups to eliminate this problem. Thanks for the hint (as they say, a hint to the wise is sufficient...) -- John
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