bug with root only booting

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From: utzoodecvaxucbvaxwilliam
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1982 15:06

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One bug that can Aaffect any Unix system an d allow only root to login
is if the root inode (/) has the execute buiit off for group and other.
This toook me ak me 4 fhours to find one day, anfter a careless superuser had
saidchmod 400 .* in the / directoruy. Everything apperared to be quite normal
execept that all users had ENOEXECexec's failing righteach time. SBeware.


Bill Jolitz.

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From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!william
Newsgroups: net.bugs
Title: bug with root only booting
Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8170
Posted: Sat Jul 31 15:06:31 1982
Received: Sun Aug  1 03:06:04 1982
Subject: bug with root only booting
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1982 15:06:31 +0000
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