-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512

Bernd Ernesti wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:51:06PM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
>>> 2) Logging _in_ with my "jan" user doesn't make it work.  It's the
>>>    logging *out* which makes the change to the better.
>> Check /dev for funkiness.  This is vaguely reminiscent of some of the
>> utterly bizarre symptoms I've seen when /dev/null isn't what it should
>> be.  (No, I don't think that's your problem; /dev/null being busted is
>> much more consistently weird.  This is very much a stab in the dark.)
> 
> And does all the programs who should have setuid or setgid bits have them?

   Yes.

> Like you did an update while extracting the archive files without the
> tar option '-p'.

   Actually, I've done that once. But not on this installation. All
permissions are as they are specified in binary sets.

   (Again, I remind people that the problem is not permanent. It comes
and goes (the latter in face when I log out with my normal user)). It
the permissions were screwed up, I believe that the problem would be
more consistent.

- --
Kind regards,
Jan Danielsson

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (NetBSD)

iD8DBQFG8RPvuPlHKFfKXTYRCowVAJsGKlq3fm4PJK/kUsTYVMaf3nbWowCghQGL
066/gp/wKlhmpG+qQRmC0DM=
=jTtW
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----