From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18252 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2004 21:43:27 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 30 Oct 2004 21:43:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 86022 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2004 21:43:17 -0000 Received: from sunsite.dk (130.225.247.90) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 30 Oct 2004 21:43:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 21247 invoked by alias); 30 Oct 2004 21:43:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@sunsite.dk; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes X-Seq: 20534 Received: (qmail 21238 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2004 21:43:03 -0000 Received: from news.dotsrc.org (HELO a.mx.sunsite.dk) (130.225.247.88) by sunsite.dk with SMTP; 30 Oct 2004 21:43:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 85705 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2004 21:43:03 -0000 Received: from dan.emsphone.com (199.67.51.101) by a.mx.sunsite.dk with SMTP; 30 Oct 2004 21:43:00 -0000 Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.12.11/8.13.1) id i9ULgumX054815; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:42:56 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:42:56 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: possibilitybox Cc: zsh-workers@sunsite.dk Subject: Re: zsh bug? Message-ID: <20041030214255.GF76157@dan.emsphone.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-OS: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA7 X-message-flag: Outlook Error User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 on a.mx.sunsite.dk X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=6.0 tests=BAYES_44 autolearn=no version=2.63 X-Spam-Hits: -0.0 In the last episode (Oct 30), possibilitybox said: > I was using zsh in screen, in an aterm (in x, obviously.), and > suddenly I lost tab-completion ability and the ability to run any > command except built-ins. When I tried to log back in I received an > error about not being able to cd to my home directory, I may still > have these errors in an irc log. Root could still log in, and once > logged in as root (using the same shell) i could not su to my user; I > received an error about not having permissions to execute /bin/zsh. > Re-installing zsh from the slackware package fixed all my problems, > but I figured that this error should be reported. (and I'm > interested myself to know how that happened.) Did you at some point remove read or execute access to /? That's the only way I can think of that would have denied access to all executables and your home directory at once. I can't imagine how zsh could be responsible. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com