From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 8 19:27:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA26533 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 8 May 1996 19:27:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id TAA26505 for ; Wed, 8 May 1996 19:27:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA09207; Wed, 8 May 1996 19:30:26 -0700 Date: Wed, 8 May 1996 19:30:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Benjamin Tomhave cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: more ideas: HELP! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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