04-22-2010
Is /etc/passwd file correct for root user (entry).Pleas check, it may has chenged :
drwxr-x--- 17 0 0 4096 Apr 21 17:06 /root
insted or two 0 in above output it should give "root" & "root".You system is unable to resolve UID and GID from /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
Pleas post the output of :
1 cat /etc/passwd
2. cat /etc/group
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groups(1) User Commands groups(1)
NAME
groups - print group membership of user
SYNOPSIS
groups [user...]
DESCRIPTION
The command groups prints on standard output the groups to which you or the optionally specified user belong. Each user belongs to a group
specified in /etc/passwd and possibly to other groups as specified in /etc/group. Note that /etc/passwd specifies the numerical ID (gid)
of the group. The groups command converts gid to the group name in the output.
EXAMPLES
The output takes the following form:
example% groups tester01 tester02
tester01 : staff
tester02 : staff
example%
FILES
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
group(4), passwd(4), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 14 Sep 1992 groups(1)