From: wyvern@gnu.ai.mit.edu (The Wyvern) Subject: Weird group problems under .99.3 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1993 01:14:14 GMT
I'm experiencing some problems with group permissions after having upgraded
to kernel version 0.99.3. I usually login via xdm, so I didn't notice this
at first, but when I telnet to my own system and log in, I'm unable to
perform certain actions which hinge on group privileges.
I have /bin/setterm set up with the folling permissions:
-r-xr-x--- 1 root sys 9588 Nov 5 04:35 /bin/setterm*
and it executes fine when opening an xterm from the olvwm desktop.
However, if I telnet to my machine and try to execute it after logging
in, I get
zsh: permission denied: /bin/setterm
even though I'm in the `sys' group. Also, I'm unable to create files
in a directory I have group write perms in:
drwxrwxr-x 2 root xadm 56 Nov 24 15:32 /usr/lib/X11/twm/
cat > foo gives
zsh: permission denied: foo
though I'm in the `xadm' group. If I'm user1 the relevant portions of
/etc/group look like this, basically:
[...]
sys::4:root,daemon,adm,user1
[...]
xadm::22:adm,user1
Unfortunately I don't remember if this was happening under 0.99.2.
I also don't know if this is a problem with login (from shadow pw package)
the kernel, or something else. I do know it's not zsh, since bash
acts the same way, and again, everything works fine from an xterm.
Any ideas of what might be going on would be greatly appreciated.