There might be incorrect permissions on /, /etc, /bin, dev, or
	some appropriate file beneath.

	You might want to ktrace a 'su' to a user to see on what it fails.

		David/absolute

           -=-  "If there is a hell... I'll see you there"  -=-

On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Josh Hope wrote:

> >> login fine as root; however, the users I add can *not* login. I've 
> >> checked directory permissions (over and over and over and over) of 
> >> course, but they're all *correct* in every way. 
> >Have you checked the directory *owners* as well?
> >I suppose UIDs have shifted: User's don't have the same UIDs now than they
> >used to have.
> 
> But of course I've checked that. There's only one user I've added, and 
> that's the normal user account I use (and it's always uid 1000). The 
> ownership shows "otaku:wheel" for my dir...(which is as it should be)
> 
> I also added a test account, and chown'd a home dir for that test acct, 
> which is how I know it isn't just my directory screwing up. 
> 
> For some reason I just can't login all of a sudden as anything but root..
> 
> >Bye,
> >  Thilo.
> >-- 
> >Dies ist Thilos Unix Signature! Viel Spass damit.
> 
> -- Josh Hope
>