* erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [071031 13:18]:
> > Dear List,
> > 
> > I am getting the above message when trying to change to another user
> > on my system. What does it mean?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Christian
> 
> does "cpu -u $newuser" work?
> 
Yes using cpu works with any user.

> this is a little bit of a guess, but the key suspect seems to be
> 
> port/devcap.c:229:                    error(Eshort);
> 
> i.e. there's no '@' in the Quse message.  not sure how that happens.
> what does /sys/log/auth say?

Nothing related to this event. I get a suspicious warning every day:
bob Oct 30 15:37:10 keyfs starting warnings: 47274196 471c6237

But I am not sure if this is related...

> 
> my really wild guess is that you changed the hostowner and didn't
> add him to /lib/ndb/auth.
> 
My auth file looks like this:

          hostid=bootes
               uid=!adm uid=*

Thanks,

Christian

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