Re: [gentoo-embedded] Busybox login requires root priviledges??

["Anish Patel" <anish.mailing.list@gmail.com>]

what version of busybox?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joshua ChaitinPollak" <jpollak@kivasystems.com>
To: <gentoo-embedded@lists.gentoo.org>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 7:37 PM
Subject: [gentoo-embedded] Busybox login requires root priviledges??


> Ok, I searched around on this one and I'm stumped. When I type 'root'  
> at the login: prompt, I get the error message:
> 
> login: This applet requires root priviledges!
> 
> This seems to be a common problem, except I've never seen it reported  
> for the login command. Also, I have busybox configured NOT to use  
> the /etc/busybox.conf [SUID] block, and I've tried with /bin/busybox  
> both SUID/GUID, and with it set to 777 permissions.
> 
> Does anyone have any idea why I can't login?
> 
> This used to work fine on my Linux 2.4 build, but now that I've  
> upgraded to 2.6, everything has gone pear-shaped.
> 
> -Josh
> 
> 
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> Joshua ChaitinPollak
> Software Engineer
> Kiva Systems
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