[COLUG] Permissions Problem

[Stephen P. Molnar]

Thanks for the query.  Actually the problem went away, after I restore the 
default permissions and rebooted the system



On Friday  March 28, 2008 6:32:56 am Angelo McComis wrote:
> Stephen,
>
> Did you have any luck performing uid/gid/suid/sgid surgery on the /usr tree
> or was it simply a faster fix to wipe and reinstall?
>
> -Angelo
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar at sbcglobal.net>
>
> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:00:23
> To:Central OH Linux User Group <colug432 at colug.net>
> Subject: Re: [COLUG] Permissions Problem
>
> On Sunday  March 23, 2008 1:09:18 pm Brian Miller wrote:
> > On Sun, 2008-03-23 at 09:52 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > > OpenSUSE 10.3/KDE 3.5.7 new installation
> > >
> > > Made a real mess this time.  I was attempting to change permissions on
> > > /usr for root/root to root/users which didn't work out so I changed the
> > > /usr tree back to root/root
> > >
> > > Now, as a user, when I attempt to open a root mode Krusader I get and
> > > error message:  'Su returned with an error.'  The same thing happens
> > > when I attempt to open yast2 as root.
> > >
> > > Assistance will be much appreciated.
> >
> > So what commands did you run to first change to root:user, and what did
> > you use to change it back to root:root?
> >
> > If you open a konsole window and try to run krusader and su from a
> > command line, what error do you get?  Also, what do "ls -l krusader" and
> > "ls -l su" show?
> >
> > Changing the group membership of most programs under /usr should not
> > affect how they run, but changing execute and/or suid/sgid permissions
> > would affect them.
> >
> > Also, from the file /etc/permissions:
> >
> > `chkstat -set /etc/permissions`  or `chkstat
> > -set /etc/permissions.easy`.
> >
> > These commands will set file permissions and modes to some sane
> > settings, which should allow your other programs to work.
> >
> > You can read the rest of the text in /etc/permissions to get a better
> > idea of what these files and the chkstat program do.
> >
> >
> >
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> Thanks for the reply.  Actually I can run krusader with an icon as a user.
> It's when I attempt to open a root mode copy of krusader, either in
> krusader or from the K menu that I get the error.
>
> The only way that I seem to be able to open a root mode copy is if I first
> open a root shell then use krusader &.
>
> If I attempt to open krusader with a run command (alt-F2)  Run as a
> different user I get an incorrect password message from KDesktop.
>
> If I open a konsole window as a user, su runs just fine and dumps me into
> root after I input the password.
>
> Also, pe your suggesion, I ge the following:
>
> computation at abnormal:~> ls -l krusader
> ls: cannot access krusader: No such file or directory
> [1]+  Done                    krusader
> computation at abnormal:~> ls -l su
> ls: cannot access su: No such file or directory
> computation at abnormal:~>
>
>
> I changed the /usr tree permissions by using Properties/Permissions tab in
> a root mode krusader.  Changing the permissions back to root/root using the
> same method did not solve the problem.
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