Re: [Sheflug] Can't get permission

[Matthew John Palmer <nospam [at] uow.edu.au>]

On Thu, 4 May 2000, Keith Powell wrote:

> If I try to set up a printer in Star Office, I get "Permission Denied". The
> same happens when I try to install Word Perfect, or if I try to access doc
> and other files. In fact, there is very little I seem to be able to do. I
> didn't have this problem with 6.3 and am at a loss what to do about it. I
> log in as ROOT and that should give me access to everything, according to
> the manual. I have also tried it when logging in as myself as a user. Same
> thing happens.

Hmm...

assert(0);  /* Can't happen */

The only thing I can think of is that somehow root hasn't been assigned UID
0.  Did you, say, run 'adduser root' at some stage, or edit the /etc/passwd
or /etc/shadow file?  Apart from that, you've got a mighty nice
impossibility.

If you're in Sheffield, bring your machine to the demo days we've got going
at the moment, and I'll fix it for you.

> Sorry it's such a basic problem.

It's not basic, it's weird.  I like weird problems, they help to blow the
cobwebs out of my brain.


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