Re: login logs me out

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From: Herbert Xu
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:00

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Terry Dawson wrote:
> 
> 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.

Actually it may be a good idea not to have login suid.  The user
really shouldn't use login to change user, su is supposed to
to do that.
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