passwords not recognized when su'ing from a terminal [SOLVED]

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Alain Cochard wrote:
> 
> After the appropriate chmod, everything went back in order.  I even
> understand how this happened:  by mistake I did
> 
>    chown -R cochard.cochard many_files
> 
> including the /bin directory.   I   did changed back
> 
>    chown root.root same_many_files
> 
> but I didn't know that the modes would stay at -rwxr-xr-x
> 
> Many thanks to everybody who answered, whether it be publicly or
> privately!
> 
> Alain
> 
You may find this site helpful for fixing problems like this:

http://rpmrestore.sourceforge.net/

Mikkel
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  Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!

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