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  • From: "M.L." <mlubrano AT sourcemage.org>
  • To: Dufflebunk <dufflebunk AT dufflebunk.homeip.net>
  • Cc: Robin <robin AT kallisti.2y.net>, <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Weird SSH troubles
  • Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:35:01 +0100

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:
> > > <eythian AT jabber.org>
> > >
> > > Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est?
> > >
> > > PGP Key 0x776DB663 Fingerprint=DD10 5C62 1E29 A385 9866 0853 CD38
> > > E07A 776D B663 NB: New key! Avaliable from
> > http://kallisti.2y.net/~robin/newgpgkey
> >
> >
> >
> > //
> > // M.L.
> > // Linux User #36502 ; ICQ #23832402
> > //
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