Bug#350040: [Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#350040: exec login user no longer works, while -f user option from root is okay

2006-01-27 Thread Alexander Gattin
Hi! On Thu, Jan 26, 2006 at 03:53:35PM -0500, Jeffrey Sheinberg wrote: This worked fine under sarge, but now no longer works under etch. Just a first thought: If you `chmod u+s /bin/login` (return it to suid root), does it start working again? -- WBR, xrgtn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Bug#350040: exec login user no longer works, while -f user option from root is okay

2006-01-26 Thread Jeffrey Sheinberg
Package: login Version: 1:4.0.13-7 Severity: normal Hi, I recently upgraded from sarge to etch. Under sarge, I would regularly run this command, exec login jsroot from either the base level shell of an xterm or VC - both ttys having been specified in /etc/securetty. This worked fine