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- From: sherwood@space.ualberta.ca (Operator)
- Subject: Re: Next 2.{1,2}: any user logging in becomes root?! [netinfo?]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov13.000853.28574@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 00:08:53 GMT
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- Stuart Levy (slevy@ricci.geom.umn.edu) wrote:
- :
- : Three times in the last few days we've had a NeXT get into an odd state.
- : Any user who logs in from the console gets root's environment:
- : Terminal creates superuser shells, the dock is that of root, $HOME = /, etc.
- :
- : rlogin from elsewhere, or "su username", gives a shell with the proper
- : owner, so the machine hasn't completely forgotten about that user.
- : Only valid account/passwords are accepted; you can't type just *anything*
- : and be logged in as root.
- :
- : /usr/lib/NextStep/Loginwindow.app doesn't appear to have been modified.
- :
- : ---> Rebooting the machine restores normality. <---
- :
- :
-
- I suspect that this machine is not mounting the user's file system
-
- Check this: When a user logs in, use the workspace and look at his home
- directory. If it's there, log out and immediately log in again. If things
- are normal, then the automount is slow mounting the the user disk partition.
-
- If the user's directory is unavailable, open a shell and type
- /etc/mount -ap
- This will show if the partition is mounted properly.
-
- As to it's intermittent nature: If you are running the automounter, consider
- changing so that mounts are fixed. If you aren't, then someone with
- privledge is unmounting that disk. (Check all scripts run by cron)
-
- See if the filesystem is softmounted. If so, try changing to hard.
-
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