> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Aaron Martinez <m...@proficuous.com> wrote: >> I'm running OpenBSD 4.4 Stable and have created a little shell script >> menu >> program that I want certain users to have as their only interaction with >> the system. I created users using the script as their shell and also >> put >> it in /etc/shells but when the user logs in they get a standard shell. >> I >> was testing it through ssh so I thought maybe it had something to do >> with >> the environment but the same thing happens when I log in locally. If >> log >> in as root and then "su - <username>" the script runs as expected. >> >> Is this the wrong way to do this? Would it be better putting something >> in >> the .profile? >> >> Can anyone shed any light as to why this is happening? > > Works for me: > > $ ls -l /usr/local/bin/foo > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 55 Apr 25 17:25 /usr/local/bin/foo > $ cat /usr/local/bin/foo > #!/bin/sh > echo "hello!" > read help > echo "$help" > exit 0 > $ grep testing /etc/passwd > testing:*:1009:1009:Test User,,,:/home/users/testing:/usr/local/bin/foo > $ > > ...and when I log in on a terminal as 'testing', I get the expected > "hello!" and it echos my first line on input and then exits. > > So: > 1) what does the /etc/passwd entry for one of these users look like?
lgf:*:1010:10000::/home/ght:/usr/local/bbox/bin/login_script > 2) when you say "they get a standard shell", what *EXACTLY* do you mean? > (If you mean "they get a /bin/sh prompt and it runs their > .profile", then please say that) when logging in as user ght $ env _=/usr/bin/env SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.7.128 39782 192.168.7.254 22 PATH=/home/lgf/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/games:. SHELL=/usr/local/bin/login_script USER=lgf MAIL=/var/mail/ght HOME=/home/ght SSH_CLIENT=192.168.7.128 39782 22 TERM=xterm SSH_TTY=/dev/ttyp0 LOGNAME=ght $ lss ksh: lss: not found (looks like i'm getting ksh as my shell) > 3) what does the top of the shell script look like? #!/bin/ksh tput clear goodchoice="" until [ -n "$goodchoice" ] do echo 'Please choose one of the following: > > > Philip Guenther
