Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 16:45:40 +0100 From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de>, Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HOME on nfs, login cannot stat .login_conf Message-ID: <19990122164540.A5145@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990122163443.19754A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>; from Konrad Heuer on Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 04:39:15PM %2B0100 References: <199901221453.PAA04184@gilberto.physik.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <Pine.BSF.3.96.990122163443.19754A-100000@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 04:39:15PM +0100, Konrad Heuer wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > > I have a FreeBSD running where the users have their homedirectories > > on NFS mounted filesystems that reside on some Dec DUNIX alpha stations > > just FWIW. > > > > One of these users recently changed his directory from 755 to 750 > > and since then he cannot login anymore at the FreeBSD system. > > > > After typing the username, before entering the password, the message > > > > cannot stat .login_conf > > > > with the said homedirectory prepended. > > > > That is FreeBSD 2.2.5, I believe. > > I had the same problem with 2.2.6-R. The reason is: If the home > directories are exported without root access for the remote system, the > login program cannot look for the .login_conf in the users home. The bug > has been fixed in -stable shortly after 2.2.6-R was published. I compiled > the login program from -stable to fix the problem. Similar problems may > arise with ftp access (ftpd) but I'm not sure. > > Regards > OK. Thanks. Will probably upgrade this system > // > // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ _______ > // Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche / __/______ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ > // Datenverarbeitung mbH GÖttingen / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / > // Am Faßberg, D-37077 GÖttingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ > // Deutschland (Germany) ----- The Power to Serve ----- > // http://www.freebsd.org > // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de > // -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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