strange problem with permission

[pier_andreit]

suse 11.3 kde 4.4.4
I dont remember what I did but when I restarted suse 11.3 a strange message just after the login and before the desktop was shown appeared, this:

warning cannot open consolekit session:
unable to open session:
the permission of the setuidhelper is not correct

and after the desktop was shown this other message:

org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.PermissionsInvalid: The permission of the setuid helper is not correct

Potresti non essere in grado di connetterti alla rete Bluetooth tramite questo computer
that in english is something like this:
It could be possible that you cannot connect to bluetooth network with this computer

and knetworkmanager didn't start.

any suggestion??
thanks many many

[jdmcdaniel3]

I don't know for sure what might be going on but why don't you try these two terminal commands. (Menu / System / Terminal / Konsole):

sudo rm /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state

sudo /etc/init.d/network restart

You must enter the root user password after each command to allow it to function. You might want to try restarting your computer after the second command. Let us know if this did any good or not.

Thank You,

[pier_andreit]

I gave your command, but it gives me this:

pla@linux-otqk:~> sudo rm /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state
sudo: must be setuid root

so I tryed to accesss as su, and it gives me this:

pla@linux-otqk:~> su
Password:
su: impossibile impostare i gruppi: Operation not permitted
that in English is something like :
impossible to set groups: operation not permitted

I cannot access to Yast it say me that the password is wrong, of course it is correct
I can access to / without password and write on it

I think it could be a permission problem, so I made this ls -l / may be it helps you to help me :-)

pla@linux-otqk:~> ls -l /
totale 140
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:38 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 23 lug 10:56 boot
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 22 lug 22:38 crypt
drwxrwxrwx 46 root root 12288 15 ago 18:34 dati
drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 3760 17 ago 11:16 dev
drwxrwxrwx 132 root root 12288 17 ago 11:16 etc
drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 29 lug 13:49 home
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 12 ago 12:45 home-factory
drwxrwxrwx 14 root root 4096 6 ago 17:08 lib
drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 12288 6 ago 17:08 lib64
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 16384 22 lug 22:35 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 15 ago 17:33 media
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 mnt
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 23 lug 14:15 opt
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:34 pla
dr-xr-xr-x 158 root root 0 17 ago 2010 proc
drwxrwxrwx 27 root root 4096 12 ago 09:44 root
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 12288 12 ago 09:43 sbin
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 selinux
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 srv
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 17 ago 11:15 suse-factory
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 17 ago 2010 sys
drwxrwxrwx 55 root root 4096 17 ago 11:25 tmp
drwxrwxrwx 13 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 usr
drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 4096 6 lug 07:49 var
drwxr-xr-x 1 root users 8192 6 ago 12:31 winvista
pla@linux-otqk:~>

many thanks

[tararpharazon]

FWIW,
Mine looks like

tar@localhost:~> ls -l /
total 125
-rw-r--r--   1 root root      0 2010-03-24 07:48 1
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2010-08-11 08:12 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   3072 2010-03-24 08:03 boot
drwxr-xr-x  16 root root   3300 2010-08-14 08:35 dev
drwxrwxrwt   2 root root   4096 2010-07-22 10:59 DOCUMENTS
drwxr-xr-x 118 root root  12288 2010-08-17 04:05 etc
drwxr-xr-x   8 root root   4096 2010-04-04 02:59 home
drwxr-xr-x  11 root root   4096 2010-05-02 12:23 lib
drwxr-xr-x   8 root root  12288 2010-07-31 08:17 lib64
drwxrwxrwt  10 root users  4096 2010-07-05 09:57 local
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2010-06-08 18:34 local2
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2010-07-20 17:00 local3
drwx------   2 root root  16384 2009-11-30 23:42 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2010-08-08 16:42 media
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2010-07-18 16:52 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 2010-02-16 13:37 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 140 root root      0 2010-08-14 03:27 proc
drwx------  32 root root   4096 2010-08-16 14:30 root
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  12288 2010-08-11 08:12 sbin
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 2009-10-23 22:08 selinux
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root   4096 2009-11-30 23:50 srv
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root      0 2010-08-14 03:27 sys
drwxrwxrwt  28 root root   4096 2010-08-17 04:56 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root   4096 2009-11-02 17:49 usr
drwxr-xr-x  15 root root   4096 2009-11-02 18:08 var

[DenverD]

pier andreit wrote:
> I think it could be a permission problem, so I made this ls -l / may be
> it helps you to help me :-)

show us the output of these

ls -hal /home
ls -hal /home/pla/.*autho*
sudo ls -hal /root/.*autho*
sudo ls -hal /etc/pas*

--
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]

[ken_yap]

pla@linux-otqk:~> ls -l /
totale 140
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:38 bin
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 23 lug 10:56 boot
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 22 lug 22:38 crypt
drwxrwxrwx 46 root root 12288 15 ago 18:34 dati
drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 3760 17 ago 11:16 dev
drwxrwxrwx 132 root root 12288 17 ago 11:16 etc
drwxrwxrwx 6 root root 4096 29 lug 13:49 home
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 12 ago 12:45 home-factory
drwxrwxrwx 14 root root 4096 6 ago 17:08 lib
drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 12288 6 ago 17:08 lib64
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 16384 22 lug 22:35 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 15 ago 17:33 media
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 mnt
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 23 lug 14:15 opt
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:34 pla
dr-xr-xr-x 158 root root 0 17 ago 2010 proc
drwxrwxrwx 27 root root 4096 12 ago 09:44 root
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 12288 12 ago 09:43 sbin
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 selinux
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 srv
drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 17 ago 11:15 suse-factory
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 17 ago 2010 sys
drwxrwxrwx 55 root root 4096 17 ago 11:25 tmp
drwxrwxrwx 13 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 usr
drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 4096 6 lug 07:49 var
drwxr-xr-x 1 root users 8192 6 ago 12:31 winvista

All those directories with mode 777 are not good. Either you have a serious disk error, or you followed some bad advice to chmod everything 777. This will muck up with programs that are paranoid and expect their files and directories to be only root accessible.

If you don't have much data of value on the system, I would recommend a reinstall.

[DenverD]

> All those directories with mode 777 are not good.

NICE catch Ken! (i totally missed it!)


> Either you have a
> serious disk error, or you followed some bad advice to chmod everything
> 777.

sounds like *buntu advice to me...disastrous advice imho..


> If you don't have much data of value on the system, I would recommend a
> reinstall.

+1
777 is a great way to insure permission problems..

--
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]

[tararpharazon]

I gave your command, but it gives me this:

pla@linux-otqk:~> ls -l /
totale 140
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096 12 ago 09:38 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 23 lug 10:56 boot
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096 22 lug 22:38 crypt
drwxrwxrwx  46 root root  12288 15 ago 18:34 dati
drwxrwxrwx  17 root root   3760 17 ago 11:16 dev
drwxrwxrwx 132 root root  12288 17 ago 11:16 etc
drwxrwxrwx   6 root root   4096 29 lug 13:49 home
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 12 ago 12:45 home-factory
drwxrwxrwx  14 root root   4096  6 ago 17:08 lib
drwxrwxrwx  10 root root  12288  6 ago 17:08 lib64
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root  16384 22 lug 22:35 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx   3 root root   4096 15 ago 17:33 media
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096  1 lug 20:58 mnt
drwxrwxrwx   3 root root   4096 23 lug 14:15 opt
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096 12 ago 09:34 pla
dr-xr-xr-x 158 root root      0 17 ago  2010 proc
drwxrwxrwx  27 root root   4096 12 ago 09:44 root
drwxrwxrwx   3 root root  12288 12 ago 09:43 sbin
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096  1 lug 20:58 selinux
drwxrwxrwx   4 root root   4096  6 lug 07:39 srv
drwxr-xr-x  30 root root   4096 17 ago 11:15 suse-factory
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root      0 17 ago  2010 sys
drwxrwxrwx  55 root root   4096 17 ago 11:25 tmp
drwxrwxrwx  13 root root   4096  6 lug 07:39 usr
drwxrwxrwx  15 root root   4096  6 lug 07:49 var
drwxr-xr-x   1 root users  8192  6 ago 12:31 winvista
pla@linux-otqk:~>

many thanks

Pier_andreit, you should check how bad the permission problem might be. It could be just the root folders and none of the sub-folders.

  
ls -halR   /var/    | less 

##      or 
ls -halR   /bin/    | less

If these are not uniformly 0777 then fix the root folders.

[pier_andreit]

thanks to everybody, I tried to update with the 11.3 dvd, it seems that everything gone well,
ls -l / after update:

pla@linux-otqk:~> ls -l /
totale 140
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root   4096 12 ago 09:38 bin
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 19 ago 20:18 boot
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096 22 lug 22:38 crypt
drwxrwxrwx  47 root root  12288 19 ago 09:53 dati
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root   4000 20 ago 19:09 dev
drwxr-xr-x 133 root root  12288 20 ago 19:10 etc
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root   4096 29 lug 13:49 home
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root   4096 12 ago 12:45 home-factory
drwxr-xr-x  14 root root   4096  6 ago 17:08 lib
drwxrwxrwx  10 root root  12288 19 ago 19:45 lib64
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root  16384 22 lug 22:35 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx   3 root root   4096 15 ago 17:33 media
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096  1 lug 20:58 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root   4096 23 lug 14:15 opt
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096 12 ago 09:34 pla
dr-xr-xr-x 191 root root      0 20 ago  2010 proc
drwx------  28 root root   4096 19 ago 18:55 root
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root  12288 19 ago 19:45 sbin
drwxrwxrwx   2 root root   4096  1 lug 20:58 selinux
drwxrwxrwx   4 root root   4096  6 lug 07:39 srv
drwxr-xr-x  30 root root   4096 19 ago 17:22 suse-factory
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root      0 20 ago  2010 sys
drwxrwxrwt  56 root root   4096 20 ago 19:11 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root   4096  6 lug 07:39 usr
drwxrwxrwx  15 root root   4096  6 lug 07:49 var
drwxr-xr-x   1 root users  8192  6 ago 12:31 winvista
pla@linux-otqk:~>

network manager starts and the error messages doesn't appear anymore

[GeoBaltz]

pier andreit wrote:

>
> thanks to everybody, I tried to update with the 11.3 dvd, it seems that
> everything gone well,
> ls -l / after update:
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> pla@linux-otqk:~> ls -l /
> totale 140
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:38 bin
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 19 ago 20:18 boot
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 22 lug 22:38 crypt
> drwxrwxrwx 47 root root 12288 19 ago 09:53 dati
> drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4000 20 ago 19:09 dev
> drwxr-xr-x 133 root root 12288 20 ago 19:10 etc
> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 29 lug 13:49 home
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 12 ago 12:45 home-factory
> drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 6 ago 17:08 lib
> drwxrwxrwx 10 root root 12288 19 ago 19:45 lib64
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 16384 22 lug 22:35 lost+found
> drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 15 ago 17:33 media
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 mnt
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 23 lug 14:15 opt
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 12 ago 09:34 pla
> dr-xr-xr-x 191 root root 0 20 ago 2010 proc
> drwx------ 28 root root 4096 19 ago 18:55 root
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 12288 19 ago 19:45 sbin
> drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 1 lug 20:58 selinux
> drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 srv
> drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 19 ago 17:22 suse-factory
> drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 0 20 ago 2010 sys
> drwxrwxrwt 56 root root 4096 20 ago 19:11 tmp
> drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 6 lug 07:39 usr
> drwxrwxrwx 15 root root 4096 6 lug 07:49 var
> drwxr-xr-x 1 root users 8192 6 ago 12:31 winvista
> pla@linux-otqk:~>
> --------------------
>
> network manager starts and the error messages doesn't appear
> anymore
>
>
You still have some serious permission problems with your system; /var,
/srv, /lib64, and several others should NOT be mode 777, and that's only for
the root directory. It looks like someone set everything to 777, then the
update ran /etc/permissions. You probably should look at some of the
subdirectories in /etc, /var or /usr; if they are mode 777 you haven't fixed
everything yet.

If I were you, I would do a complete, clean install - that's the only way to
guarantee everything is back to reasonable security.