Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:58:01 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> To: Steve Austin <indydog125@yahoo.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ksh not starting Message-ID: <20011025085801.B67231@jonc.itouch> In-Reply-To: <20011024155058.80904.qmail@web20403.mail.yahoo.com>; from indydog125@yahoo.com on Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:50:58AM -0700 References: <20011024155058.80904.qmail@web20403.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 08:50:58AM -0700, Steve Austin wrote: > sorry for a little bit of a repost, but I cannot trace > the answer to the original question: > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=1286550+1289451+/usr/local/www/db/text/2001/freebsd-questions/20010805.freebsd-questions > > Restating the question: > I've changed the passwd file to reflect the requested > login shell from the user (/bin/ksh). When the user > logs in (to the console, or from a remote location), > he > is still in sh - not in ksh. If the user then executes > ksh as a command, the shell starts, the .profile file > is executed, and all works well. Don't use vi to edit the passwd file. Use vipw(1) instead. -- Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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