[25165] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.2.21: chmod on login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jacquie Felton)
Thu Oct 30 15:08:46 2003
Message-Id: <200310302008.h9UK8hSZ006685@scar.mit.edu>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 15:08:43 -0500
From: Jacquie Felton <the_geek@MIT.EDU>
System name: scar.mit.edu
Type and version: i686 9.2.21 (with mkserv)
Display type: nVidia Corporation NV5 [RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro] (rev 15)
Shell: /bin/athena/tcsh
Window manager: sawfish
What were you trying to do?
Users were trying to log in. This problem actually only occurs on
Sun Blades; it was tested on a 100 and a 150. Known not to occur
on the black dells.
What's wrong:
Users get the line:
chmod: WARNING: can't change /var/athena/menus.copy/menus-9.2
in the console window. It usually appears multiple times.
One user claims that he gets the message every 6 minutes.
It doesn't appear to actually affect anything during the session,
it merely looks ominous. One user claims that it takes a
particularly long time for their session to start up.
What should have happened:
No idea. Probably shouldn't have gotten that line.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
The cow says: moo.
