[ubuntu-in] Unable to log in normal Ubuntu account

[alfred tims]

Hi Kaushik,

On reading your mail, firstly I would like to ask you as to how you
have a root account ??? Because by default Ubuntu utilises the same
principle as Mac OS X,  i.e you use the 'sudo' command for
administrative purposes(it is a safer way for people not used to using
unix based os'es). Did you possibly create a root account ?

Anyway, to rectify -
The permissions on /dev/null need to be set to 0666, and running a
"sudo chmod 666 /dev/null" should rectify this problem.

However, if upon rebooting, the perms on /dev/null return to 0600, then -

The permissions on /dev/null should be set by udev.
So check the files in /etc/udev/rules.d, such as
/etc/udev/rules.d/40-permissions.rules, it should have a line that
says
Code:KERNEL=="null", MODE="0666"

Best regards,

alfred 't1nt1n' tims



On 7/13/08, tabankg <khabor08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Respected Friends,
>              I have successfully installed Ubuntu-8.04(Hardy Heron)on my
> machine,but after using it successfully for some days I am facing a problem.
>   I am unable to log in as normal user account which is "kgnile",but I can
> log in to Ubuntu-8.04 with "root" account in GUI.
>   When I want to log in as "kgnile" in text mode* ttyS1-to ttyS6*(console
> mode),it logs in,but after showing a repetitive command
> "-bash:/dev/null:Permission denied".
>           Friends please help me out.
>    Best wishes to all of you.
>     Thank you.
>      With regards
>      -kguha
>      (KAUSHIK GUHA)
>       e-mail:khabor08 at gmail.com <e-mail%3Akhabor08 at gmail.com>
>
> --
> GOD BLESS US ALL!!!
>