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Subject: Re: /bin/.login: No Such File or Directory
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"Peng He" <penghe@tsp.ece.mcgill.ca> writes:

> My FreeBSD 4.2(in a PC) has the following problem:
> 
> when I try to login, whatever I type, after an Enter, the system always
> says:
> 
> /bin/.login: no such file or directory.
> 
> Therefore I can not login into the system , but FTP is OK. So, why? Could
> you pls copy your .login file in usr/bin/ to me? Thank you very much!!

Sounds like the home directory for that account is incorrect.

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