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#! rnews 1317 sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!europa.chnt.gtegsc.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.moneng.mei.com!uwm.edu!reuter.cse.ogi.edu!netnews.cc.wwu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!nntp.umt.edu!selway.umt.edu!jdc From: jdc@selway.umt.edu (John-David Childs) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: finger/permission denied Date: 17 Jun 1995 04:38:05 GMT Organization: University of Montana Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3rtm7d$h5@umt.umt.edu> References: <casyDA5MCu.3yL@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: selway.umt.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] casy@netcom.com wrote: : Hi! : Does anyone have any idea why someone would get permission denied in : FreeBSD ver 2.0 when he executes finger under any user id except root. : (finger works fine under root uid.) : casy 1) Check your permissions (on /usr/bin/finger, and on /tmp) 2) Check your permissions on utmp/wtmp (if I remember correctly, utmp has information about current logins, wtmp has info about past logins) I've been bitten by this in my attempt to make the system "rabidly" secure :-) -- John-David Childs Internet Services Montana (ISM.NET) Systems Administrator Connecting the Universe to Montana jdc@ism.net (406) 542-0838