Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 06:40:05 -0400 From: Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnon@emory.edu> To: Brian <clark@essoc.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: after upgrading to 4.3 can't su anymore Message-ID: <200107031035.f63AZxC14327@pluto.cc.emory.edu>
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Yes!
the problem was that my older tcsh was in /usr/local/bin but it was referenced in the /etc/shells as /bin/tcsh.
thanks!!
giuseppe
7/2/01 8:03:53 PM, Brian <clark@essoc.com> wrote:
>
>you may check the path for tcsh in /etc/shells, I had a
>similar problem while upgrading. tcsh became part of the base
>system between 4.0 and stable. you may also want to check /etc/passwd
>for the wrong path. I can't remember what I had a problem with but I
>do remember I had to change the paths from /usr/local/bin/tcsh to
>/bin/tcsh in /etc/passwd. I think what I did to cause the problem is
>when I ran mergmaster I replaced /etc/shells which did not have the
>path /usr/local/bin/tcsh which was used in /etc/passwd.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>brian
>
>On Mon, 02 Jul 2001 19:17:58 -0400
>Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnon@emory.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I have just upgraded my box to 4-stable from 4.0 (from src) and though
>> everything seem to have gone well, I cannot su anymore though I am still
>>
>> in the wheel group (as from the /etc/group file). The error message is:
>>
>> su: permission denied (shell).
>>
>> (by the way my shell is tcsh...)
>>
>> And also, another unrelated question. When I do telnet now it appears
>> the following message:
>> Trying SRA secure login
>>
>> what does it mean? Is this useful?
>>
>> thanks for any suggestion!
>>
>> giuseppe
>>
>>
>>
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