Re: [cobalt-developers] root access problem (SOLVED)

["Edgar F. Flores Muñoz" <ed@xxxxxxxx>]

Thank you, I can resolve my probleme with this files, with no RPM file

upgrade_me

#!/bin/bash
# Things this script must do:
# 1) Check to make sure none of its RPMS are installed
# 2) Install its RPMS
# 3) Generate the .installed_rpms file
# 4) return status 0 on success


/bin/chmod 4755 /bin/su
exit 0

packing_list

Package: RaQ2-en-Update-OS
Version: 3.0
List File: RaQ2-en-Update-OS
REBOOT: yes
SCRIPT: upgrade_me
UNINSTALL: uninstall_me



----- Original Message -----
From: "The Thieving Gypsy" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] root access problem


> > Recently when trying to change me to root this error does appear, does
> > somebody know to what it is or as I can correct it?
> >
> > [admin admin]$ su -
> > Password:
> > su: warning: cannot change directory to /root: Permission denied
> > su: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted
> >
> > Ahead of time I thank you the help.
> > Ed
>
>
> Telnet into your machine as admin, and enter "ls -l /bin/su".  You
*should*
> get back this, if everything is okay:
>
>  -rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        14612 May 30  2000 /bin/su
>
> If the "owner" bits aren't "rws", then the SetUID has been removed from
it,
> and it won't be able to let you su ever again unless its changed.  The
> easiest way of changing it (especially if you don't have physical access
to
> the machine) is to knock up a quick .pkg and install it from the GUI.
> Download the Cobalt instructions from
> ftp.cobalt.com/pub/developer/TechNotes/DTN2-0-8.pdf  (if you're on a RaQ3
or
> 4)  It doesn't have to be pretty - you just need the absolute basics  -  a
> packing_list file, a null-RPM so that the installation will get accepted
by
> the GUI, and the installation script called "upgrade_me".  The only stuff
> that you need to put into the upgrade_me script is the command to reset
the
> SetUID bit on the su program. Through it into the GUI, and you should be
> sorted.  It will tell you that it's failed, but it should have done the
> trick.
>
> Then you just need to worry about why it happened in the first place.
>
> Cheers,
>             Dave Rowlands
>
> Verio UK
>
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