su: /bin/bash : No such file or directory

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Can not login as root user
[root@localhost ~]# su
su: /bin/bash : No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]# which bash
/bin/bash
[root@localhost ~]# whoami
root
[root@localhost ~]# su -
su: /bin/bash : No such file or directory
[root@localhost ~]#
[root@localhost ~]# ls -l /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 903528 Sep 15 08:30 /bin/bash
[root@localhost ~]#

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux All

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