Unable to log in as a regular user after a reboot

Hello Everybody,
I have a SPARC SunBlade 2000 with 2 GB of memory running Solaris 10 with the following configuration:
root@auyantepui # cat /etc/release
                       Solaris 10 5/09 s10s_u7wos_08 SPARC
           Copyright 2009 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
                        Use is subject to license terms.
                             Assembled 30 March 2009
root@auyantepui # uname -a
SunOS auyantepui 5.10 Generic_139555-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000
root@auyantepui # I had an instance of Oracle 11g running without too much activity and I was just finishing installing Weblogic 10 Application Server in the same system,
when the system got extremely slow that became pretty much unresponsive.
As soon as I could in a terminal window I typed init 5 to bring the system down.
Since I brought the system up I have been unable to log in as me user "morillo" or user "oracle".
I can only log into the system as user "root".
root@auyantepui # su - morillo
su: No shell
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui # su - oracle
su: No shell
root@auyantepui #Obviously I have a shell for both users in /etc/passwd
root@auyantepui # cat /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh
daemon:x:1:1::/:
bin:x:2:2::/usr/bin:
sys:x:3:3::/:
adm:x:4:4:Admin:/var/adm:
lp:x:71:8:Line Printer Admin:/usr/spool/lp:
uucp:x:5:5:uucp Admin:/usr/lib/uucp:
nuucp:x:9:9:uucp Admin:/var/spool/uucppublic:/usr/lib/uucp/uucico
smmsp:x:25:25:SendMail Message Submission Program:/:
listen:x:37:4:Network Admin:/usr/net/nls:
gdm:x:50:50:GDM Reserved UID:/:
webservd:x:80:80:WebServer Reserved UID:/:
postgres:x:90:90:PostgreSQL Reserved UID:/:/usr/bin/pfksh
svctag:x:95:12:Service Tag UID:/:
nobody:x:60001:60001:NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
noaccess:x:60002:60002:No Access User:/:
nobody4:x:65534:65534:SunOS 4.x NFS Anonymous Access User:/:
morillo:x:33353:10:Carlos A. Morillo:/home/morillo:/bin/csh
oracle:x:100:102:Oracle DBA:/auyantepui/oracle:/bin/csh
apache:x:101:101:Oracle Apache:/auyantepui/apache:/bin/csh
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui #
root@auyantepui # ls -l /bin/csh
-r-xr-xr-x   2 root     bin       151456 Aug 8 2006 /bin/csh
root@auyantepui # file /bin/csh
/bin/csh:       ELF 32-bit MSB executable SPARC Version 1, dynamically linked, stripped
root@auyantepui # Only including the last part of the truss output:
1557:   fstat64(4, 0xFFBFE1D0)                          = 0
1557:   ioctl(4, TCGETA, 0xFFBFE2B4)                    Err#25 ENOTTY
1557:   write(4, " S U   0 7 / 1 2   1 1 :".., 36)      = 36
1557:   close(4)                                        = 0
1557:   setgid(10)                                      = 0
1557:   sysconfig(_CONFIG_NGROUPS)                      = 16
1557:   open("/etc/default/nss", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
1557:   fcntl(4, F_DUPFD, 0x00000100)                   Err#22 EINVAL
1557:   read(4, " #   i d e n t\t " @ ( #".., 1024)     = 749
1557:   read(4, 0xFF342400, 1024)                       = 0
1557:   close(4)                                        = 0
1557:   getuid()                                        = 0 [0]
1557:   getuid()                                        = 0 [0]
1557:   door_info(3, 0xFFBFE9B8)                        = 0
1557:   door_call(3, 0xFFBFEA60)                        = 0
1557:   setgroups(2, 0x0002C248)                        = 0
1557:   setuid(33353)                                   = 0
1557:   chdir("/home/morillo")                          = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF060000, 4458)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF072000, 544)                         = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF010000, 11897)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF024000, 948)                         = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEFF0000, 10532)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF004000, 1298)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEFD0000, 14306)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEFE4000, 1494)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEFA0000, 129457)                      = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEFC0000, 7432)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF80000, 13029)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF94000, 1592)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF50000, 125737)                      = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF70000, 4824)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF30000, 38927)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF4A000, 1860)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF10000, 4760)                        = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFEF22000, 988)                         = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF030000, 54114)                       = 0
1557:   munmap(0xFF04E000, 5104)                        = 0
1557:   sigaction(SIGXCPU, 0xFFBFF048, 0xFFBFF0E8)      = 0
1557:   sigaction(SIGXFSZ, 0xFFBFF048, 0xFFBFF0E8)      = 0
1557:   execve("/bin/csh", 0xFFBFF118, 0x000268A0)      Err#13 EACCES [file_dac_search]
1557:   fstat64(2, 0xFFBFE1E8)                          = 0
su: 1557:       write(2, " s u : ", 4)                         = 4
No shell1557:   write(2, " N o   s h e l l", 8)                 = 8
1557:   write(2, "\n", 1)                               = 1
1557:   _exit(3)
auyantepui#
{code}
Checking the Err#13 EACCES [file_dac_search] in /usr/include/sys/errno.h I have
{code}errno.h:#define EACCES 13      /* Permission denied                    */{code}
I suspect file_dac_search has to do with process privileges and the "Least Privilege" Security framework
introduced with Solaris 10.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Recommendations how to fix this?
There has to be some way to restore the default privileges I had before the reboot.
I guess something got corrupted during the reboot.
Thanks in advance,
Carlos.

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Just as an FYI OpenSolaris build 134 uses the automounter to mount /export/home to /home and /home is actually being written to /etc/passwd. So if you're still in the habit of telling Linux admins to disable the automounter please stop.
[http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=482048&#482048|http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=482048&#482048]
alanNever was in that habit. My automounter is not disabled and is configured as such. I don't think it was that way out of the box, however. Dunno about OpenSolaris. The SMC, whenever you make changes to a user account, still overwrites your home directory of "/export/home/userid" with "/home/userid", and this will prevent you from logging in. If you use the SMC you need to go back and change the home directory; I don't know if they created patches in the past year to correct this since I quit using it, that being one of the reasons.

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I was shocked to see my Available space was only 2.5 GB. I don’t know how that can be right.
I’m open to anything to retrieve my files – Any suggestions?

Around the same time my battery was showing signs of being spent (wouldn’t take a full charge) and would shutdown my powerbook in the middle of operation. I replaced the battery within 12 hours, rebooted, and everything seemed normal; I could log in and access all programs, files, photos, music, etc. The error message reappeared to deletes some files.
You need to delete some file not try to repair the disk volume. but anyway...
I ran TechTool Deluxes and it suggested repairing my Volume Directory. There were a few suggestions in green and one in red. I accepted the ones in green and made the changes. It reopened TechTool and ran again, this time everything showed up as a “red” (drastic) directory change. I did not accept. I shut down. I rebooted, and that is when my heart sank.
You need to develop a full backup plan. Get an external hd and backup to it.
My account log in screen appeared (I have my master account and a “test” account available) and I entered my log in password. After several moments, the message “You are unable to log in to the user account [username] at this time.”
Would you be using filevault? Which would mean you need more space.
I can log in to my “test” account but I have not been able to access any of my files from that account. Also, my Test account appears to be running Panther instead of Tiger; could that be?
Doubtful. What does apple > about this mac say?
Anyway, I read some similar problem posts here and was hopeful that DiskWarrior could help restore me. I purchased and ran it successfully (at least DiskWarrior said it was a success) but I still have the same results.
I tried to access both my caches folder and my Desktop folder from my “test” account, but these are the error messages I received:
The folder “Caches” could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges.
The folder “Desktop” could not be opened because you do not have sufficient access privileges.
Which desktop folder? these are normal messages.
I was shocked to see my Available space was only 2.5 GB. I don’t know how that can be right.
Why?
I’m open to anything to retrieve my files – Any suggestions?
I buy an external disk with both fireware & usb and use carbon copy cloner to duplicate you hd.
run batcmd from an admin account to let you change permissions.
From an administrator account enable root & be careful. This will let you look at any file on the system & delete everything!!!
Get a new admin id.
"BatChmod is a Cocoa utility for manipulating file and folder privileges in Mac OS X. It allows the manipulation of ownership as well as the privileges associated to the Owner, Group or others."
http://www.macchampion.com/arbysoft/Welcome.html
As an aside, I just noticed that the button to "apply to all enclosed items' is greyed out. I started checking other folders and best I can tell, all folders on my startup volume will not allow me to apply any permission changes to all enclosed items. Think this might have something to do with the alias issue?
I noticed that my "apply to all enclosed items' button is greyed out too. I use BatChmod fps instead.
Get the Mac to set up an additional administrative account. You can then change the password on your old account.
Start with your computer power off. Hold down command-s. Power on your computer.
Type in the following:
The first two commands will depend on your release of Mac OS X. Look at what is typed out in the console to determine the exact format.
# Type the follow two instructions to access the startup disk in read/write. Press return after each command.
/sbin/fsck -fy
/sbin/mount -uw /
cd /var/db
pwd
#List all files. The l is a lower case L.
ls -a
#The move command acts as a rename command in this format.
mv -i .applesetupdone .applesetupdone.old
reboot
Once you've done that the computer reboots and it's like the first time you used the machine. Your old accounts are all safe. From there you just change all other account passwords in the account preferences!!
Limnos adds detailed explainations:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8441597#8441597
The above the idea came from a post by JoseAranda at September 9, 2006 3:48 AM
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/howdo_i_reset_my_mac_os_x_admin_rootpassword.html
You will need to scroll down to see this post. Search for applesetupdone
Or see:
http://superpixel.ch/articles/running-setup-assistant-again/
Once you have a new administrative account, you can change the password of your old administrative account
blue apple > System Preferences > Accounts

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