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["M.L." <mlubrano AT sourcemage.org>]

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:55:46 -0500 (EST), Dufflebunk wrote
> >From the bash man page:
>   If bash is invoked with the name sh, it tries to mimic the
>   startup behavior of historical versions of sh  as  closely 
>   as  possible,  while  conforming  to the POSIX standard as
>   well. 
> But if it works with /bin/sh, it should work w/ /bin/bash. Check 
> what's in your /etc/shells.
> 

cat /etc/shells
/bin/bash
/bin/sh


> On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, M.L. wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 02:13:01 +1300, Robin wrote
> > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 02:09:27PM +0100, M.L. wrote:
> > > > Check your /etc/password for the shell (at the end of the line). It 
> > > > should
> > > > point to /bin/sh, and not /bin/bash or be null.
> > > Hmm, it is /bin/bash...but I _like_ bash (or is sh a symlink to it or
> > > something?) Also, root is /bin/bash, and works.
> > 
> > Well... /bin/sh is just a symlink to /bin/bash, isn't it ?
> > 
> > > 
> > > > BTW after this issue, I went on troubles with Linux-PAM (upgraded from
0.75 to
> > > > 0.77) and the only way to get out of this one was to dispel Linux-PAM
and goes
> > > > without PAM at all... I would double check that too if I were you...
> > > Hmm, I'm recompiling PAM and dependants now, just in case. 
> > > If that fails, I'll try downgrading PAM.
> > > 
> > 
> > You are more coureageous than me... :)
> > 
> > > -- 
> > > Robin <robin AT kallisti.2y.net>                 JabberID: 
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> > > 
> > > Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est?
> > > 
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> > 
> > 
> > 
> > //
> > //   M.L.
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