Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 19:30:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: Benjamin Tomhave <tomhavbe@martin.luther.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more ideas: HELP! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960508192731.9054C-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.HPP.3.92.960508152314.27699D-100000@martin.luther.edu>
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On Wed, 8 May 1996, Benjamin Tomhave wrote: > > When I am on the x-console as root, I try to open an xterm window -- it > opens, but immediately writes to that xterm the message: > > xterm: Can't execvp tcsh Did you knock out "options COMPAT_43" from your kernel? If so put it back and recompile. this may be related to the below problem. > Next...I can telnet out of the machine. I can ftp (non-anon) in and out > of the machine. The only problem is when you try and login to the > machine. You type your username. You type your password. THEN it tells > you "Login incorrect." However, you know for a fact that the computer is > full of crap because you just logged-into the same account with the same > username and password from the x-console 2 seconds earlier. No, the computer is doing what it is supposed to and not allowing you to login when you are using a shell not listed in /etc/shells. Put /usr/local/bin/tcsh (or wherever it is on your system, assuming you're using tcsh; replace appropriately) in /etc/shells and try again. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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