id returns 'Killed'

[adeday]

I logged in to a SCO box as root..and when I do 'id' it gives me 'killed'. I do 'who am i'...It gives root. what could have caused the problem?

The system does not know me as root because I tried to install a package and I am getting error saying I am not a superuser so I cant install it although I logged in as root.

Any ideas?

 

[pcunix]

Could be missing or damaged libraries. Could also be a hacked system.

Grep "root" /etc/passwd to see if root is indeed id 0. The software package may be using "id" and failing because of that.

I'd also run "custom" and to a System Verify.

Do an ls -l on "id" and see what it's pointing at, run ldd on it if you can to see what libraries it uses.. Tony Lawrence
SCO Unix/Linux Resources

http://pcunix.com

tony@pcunix.com