[gentoo-user] no shell permission denied?

[gentoo-user] no shell permission denied?

[Trenton Adams]

Hi everyone,

I just re-installed my system because all of a sudden I started
getting the following...

[15:44 root@livecd /] # su - trenta
Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied

In addition, I am also unable to login from the console, or X.  I get
"no shell: Permission Denied"

I'm starting to wonder if I'm getting a trojan somehow, because I'm
getting this on two gentoo boxes.

The last time this happened, it was shortly after loading pl2303,
usbserial, or minicom.  I know this *NOW* because I just finished
re-installing my system, and decided that I would try the /dev/ttyUSB0
again with minicom, as I got some electronic stuff to play with
recently, which requires RS232 com ports.  But, this is only the case
on one system, not both.

Now I'm a little ticked off because it took me awhile to get my system
up and running, given all the packages I needed to install.

Keep in mind that I restored my home directory and such, so I know
it's not anything in my profile that could cause this.  Also, all
services that try and startup with anything other than root get this
as well.

Any ideas on what the heck is going on with my gentoo systems?  I
don't want to reinstall yet again, only to find I'm having the same
problem.

I'm thinking there may be a bug in the gentoo portage somewhere that
is causing this, because I'm positive that I haven't changed any
permissions on any files.

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[gentoo-user] Re: no shell permission denied?

[Trenton Adams]

Oh, by the way, I'm leaving for about 2-3 days, so I'll be replying back then.

On 3/20/06, Trenton Adams <trenton.d.adams@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I just re-installed my system because all of a sudden I started
> getting the following...
>
> [15:44 root@livecd /] # su - trenta
> Cannot execute /bin/bash: Permission denied
>
> In addition, I am also unable to login from the console, or X.  I get
> "no shell: Permission Denied"
>
> I'm starting to wonder if I'm getting a trojan somehow, because I'm
> getting this on two gentoo boxes.
>
> The last time this happened, it was shortly after loading pl2303,
> usbserial, or minicom.  I know this *NOW* because I just finished
> re-installing my system, and decided that I would try the /dev/ttyUSB0
> again with minicom, as I got some electronic stuff to play with
> recently, which requires RS232 com ports.  But, this is only the case
> on one system, not both.
>
> Now I'm a little ticked off because it took me awhile to get my system
> up and running, given all the packages I needed to install.
>
> Keep in mind that I restored my home directory and such, so I know
> it's not anything in my profile that could cause this.  Also, all
> services that try and startup with anything other than root get this
> as well.
>
> Any ideas on what the heck is going on with my gentoo systems?  I
> don't want to reinstall yet again, only to find I'm having the same
> problem.
>
> I'm thinking there may be a bug in the gentoo portage somewhere that
> is causing this, because I'm positive that I haven't changed any
> permissions on any files.
>

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