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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.computerland.net!news From: rob@global-image.com (Rob Cima) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Newbie Near Death - Needs Help! Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 04:05:15 GMT Organization: Global Image, Inc. Lines: 14 Message-ID: <4cngho$6vu@services.computerland.net> References: <4cjo8e$dsk@claudia.surfsouth.com> Reply-To: rob@global-image.com NNTP-Posting-Host: serv1p1.computerland.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 >One problem is that I can't SU to news or bin so that I can run Cnews files. >I've edited groups, but when I login as root and su bin or su news I get the >following message: su: /nonexistent: No such file or directory >Any ideas to help with this problem? Sounds like you have news's default directory or shell set to /nonexistent. Change them in /etc/passwd. -Rob