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- From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans)
- Subject: Re: Linux setup Questions
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:12:52 GMT
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- Michael Reed (reed@rd08.wg2.waii.com) wrote:
- : I have installed Linux from the SLS release on my home 486 and run into
- : a couple of problems/wierdnesses.
- :
- : 2) Besides the root, I added one other user to the system. If I list
- : the users files as root, it displays the correct ownership. However,
- : if log in as the user, a whoami claims that UID 405 is not found, and
- : the file ownership is shown as 405 not as user reed. (The entry in
- : /etc/passwd is correct, but somehow only accessed by the root.)
-
- Have you checked the ownership of /etc/passwd, and /etc/group
- so that they have general read permission?
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