From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Apr 7 7: 6:11 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76ABB14DA1 for ; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 07:06:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <2N11MPJM>; Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:04:49 -0400 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A6013@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'Jim Pazarena' , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: changing shell in passwd Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 10:05:06 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Did you manually edit /etc/passwd or did you use vipw? You need to edit the password file with vipw so that the password database gets rebuilt. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Pazarena [SMTP:paz@ccstores.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 1999 4:35 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: changing shell in passwd > > I installed one 3.1 system, added bash, then added a user with bash as > shell. > No problems with bash as a login shell. > > I installed another 3.1 system, added a user, *then* added bash, > then changed /etc/passwd to reflect bash as the shell for the user. > > When the use signs on to the second machine he does _not_ get bash; rather > he gets the original shell EVEN THO /etc/passwd points at bash. A reboot > didn't change the results. > > What am I missing? > > > -- > Jim Pazarena mailto:paz@ccstores.com > http://www.qcislands.net/paz > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message