On Tuesday 15 March 2005 08:46, Peter wrote: > Hi, > > Peter said: > > Slackware10 kernel 2.4.26 > > > > >For me unknown reason suddenly bash will not > > > > start in terminals. > > The reason was that I had made a new slackware installation in which then > in the /etc/passwd under my user name at the end of the line there was no > > :/bin/bash as it used to be. > > I found it out when I added an arbitrary user in which then again bash was > not started in the terminals. Again on his passwd line there was no > :/bin/bash.
Peter use ŽadduserŽ to create user accounts in slack, /bin/bash is the default in that program. > So it had nothing to do with me getting too old for Linux. It's a new > "gimmick" in slackware which one has to find out first. Gimmick no not at all question of using the correct program or script. > Regards - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs