Re: login logs me out

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From: Terry Dawson
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00

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Kent Tong (freemant@wr.com.au) wrote:
 
: When I try to use the "login" command to login as another
: user (currently I am root), it logs me out, ie, it either
: displays the login prompt again (text mode) or kills the
: xterm (in X). What is going on? I am pretty sure I can do 
: this on the unix machines in univ. Any idea? TIA!

Check that the permissions of your login are correct.

Login should have permissions of:

4755 and be owned by root.

Terry

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Date: 1996/08/19
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