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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!mindspring!news.mindspring.com!durga.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: anindya@mindspring.net (AC) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: new 2.2.2 install and strange su error Date: 7 Jul 1997 03:15:20 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises Lines: 52 Message-ID: <5ppn08$bep@camel2.mindspring.com> References: <5ppjur$qf8@camel4.mindspring.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: durga.mindspring.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44038 Geez I hate replying to myself. Tried "su 2.2.2 Freebsd" on dejanews, and boom! there was my answer: I was missing login.conf from /etc. From anybody with a similar problem, you can grab it off: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/etc/login.conf Thanks, --Anindya |------------------------------------| | Anindya Chakraberti | | Business Services Network Engineer | | Mindspring Enterprises Inc. | | Atlanta, GA | | anindya@mindspring.net | |------------------------------------| AC (anindya@mindspring.net) wrote: : Hey Folks, : : I just did a clean install of FreeBSD 2.2.2 and everything works well, but : i see a strange error in /var/log/messages when I "su": : : Jul 3 00:48:19 holycow su: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' : : It also happens when I ftp from my other box to the freebsd machine: : : [agni]:~>ftp holycow : Connected to holycow.somedomain.net. : 220 holycow.somedomain.net FTP server (Version 6.00) ready. : : And then I see this in messages: : : Jul 6 22:24:16 holycow inetd[642]: login_getclass: unknown class 'root' : : Do any of you freeBSD gurus out there have any clue as to how this : error is caused, and what I may do to fix it? It doesn't affect the operation : of su or ftp at all, but its just annoying. : : Thank you, : --ANindya : : |------------------------------------| : | Anindya Chakraberti | : | Business Services Network Engineer | : | Mindspring Enterprises Inc. | : | Atlanta, GA | : | anindya@mindspring.net | : |------------------------------------|