Non-root users cannot do things like su, ps, crontab -l

From: Chris Knorr (cknorr_at_trapsystems.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    I'm having a strange problem with a Tru64 Unix V5.1 system. We have zillions
    of these systems and I've never seen anything like this. I'm suspicious that
    "someone did something", but exactly what I haven't determined.

    The problem is that non-root users cannot do various things. This includes
    things like "ps aux" (it just returns the top header line containing column
    descriptions), "crontab -l" (says it can't open their crontab file) or "su"
    (just goes back to the shell prompt -- no errors. yes, the login account has
    been added to the system group).

    One weird thing I noticed was that the secure shell was running (sshd2). I
    killed it and removed it. Tried rebooting the system to no avail. I've also
    uninstalled C2 security. I've also rebuild my /etc/sia/matrix.conf file
    using "BSD". Nothing!

    I'm inching toward reinstalling the entire dad-burn O/S from scratch, but
    would like to get to the bottom of this. Anyone have any clues?

    Much thanks,

    Chris

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