Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:13:00 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: VeeJay <maanjee@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: _secure_path: cannot stat> /dev/null/.login_conf: Not a directory Message-ID: <20080828181300.GG26653@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <2cd0a0da0808281058t13cae3dk93ca769ae81157c3@mail.gmail.com> References: <2cd0a0da0808281058t13cae3dk93ca769ae81157c3@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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