Hi All!
Just when things are going okay...
My system locked up and I was forced to reach for the power button (while
using Evolution and downloading tonnes of mail).
The other thing I had done which I suspect is the real problem is change
some permissions on root:root files/directories (removing world
permissions).
After rebooting, I go the following error messages:
Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm_config_parse: Authdir /var/lib/gdm does
not exist. Aborting.
gdm
Starting printer spooler: (date) <host> Read_file_list: Cannot stat
required file '//etc/printcap' - Permission Denied.
lprng
Now these files/directories do exist.
So I tried reinstalling gdm - no luck (desperate chice).
I then discovered that when I try and login as my normal user I get the
message:
cannot cd to "/home/user"
I then found that as root whenever I try to su to a user I get the error:
#su <user>
No shell.
So I suspect that the gdm and lprng errors are just because those users
cannot "login".
I also get the following error:
#man su
execv: Permission denied
I have checked and bash is there and the directories in /home all have the
correct permissions.
Now, I can't remember exactly what file permissions I changed but they were
on some root:root files. I changed the files in /boot which I changed back
but to no avail.
Could someone point me in the right direction as to what is required when
someone logs in? What permissions could I have stuffed or may be corrupted
from the forced power down?
TIA,
wandering user...
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