my /var/log/messages are full of pam_timestamp_check: pam_timestamp: `/' owner UID != 0 show I did chown root / now I got: pam_timestamp_check: pam_timestamp: `/' owner GID != 0 then I did chown root.root / now I get: pam_timestamp_check: pam_timestamp: `/' permissions are lax whats going on?