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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Permission is denied
Date: 9 Apr 1997 11:41:33 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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References: <E8D0DJ.28M@racoon.riga.lv>
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In article <E8D0DJ.28M@racoon.riga.lv>,
fairpay@stoat.riga.lv (Fair pay) writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am seasoned FreeBSD 2.1 Admin. The problem that poped up is as following.
>
> adduser was used for more then a year to add new users to the system. But
> when it was tried yesterday to add a new ones, after work of adduser it
> was not possible to use the new accounts. After login/password input, the
> system shows 'you have new mail' and then permission denied, and then
> login prompts appears again. What could be the cause ?
Sounds like something dodgy in the default profile. What do their
.profile/.login files say ?
> TIA. Dima
> fairpay@mailbox.riga.lv
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !