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Date:      Tue, 13 Feb 2001 07:55:30 -0600 (CST)
From:      Scott Pilz <tech@squid.tznet.com>
To:        Greg Black <gjb@gbch.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Error - Shells 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10102130754360.90151-100000@squid.tznet.com>
In-Reply-To: <nospam-3a88949a8e15c6f@maxim.gbch.net>

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On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Greg Black wrote:

> Scott Pilz wrote:
> 
> > Error:
> > pwd_mkdb: warning, unknown root shell
> 
> You need to put the full pathname of the replacement shell in
> /etc/shells -- if it's a bash script called /tmp/foo, then you
> put /tmp/foo in /etc/shells, not /usr/local/bin/bash (unless you
> also want people to use bash as their shell).
> 

Hrrm.. But like I said, I have both:
/usr/local/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/shell

Listed in there, along with about 10 others. 

The /usr/local/bin/shell is set as the main shell for user root, the first
line of /usr/local/bin/shell reads:

#!/usr/local/bin/bash

You tell me?



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