Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-10 Thread Ed Cogburn
Lorens Kockum wrote: > > In debian-user Ed wrote: > > > > No. Remember, the login process has already started, the user ('ed') > > has > >already gotten a tty, the system has printed to it (for example to tell him > >he has no mail), only when it tries to exec the default shell does the e

Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Lorens Kockum
In debian-user Ed wrote: > > No. Remember, the login process has already started, the user ('ed') > has >already gotten a tty, the system has printed to it (for example to tell him >he has no mail), only when it tries to exec the default shell does the error >occur. I can't see how tty ac

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1998-06-09 Thread Martin Schulze
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Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
Shaleh wrote: > > I am running 2.0.34 w/ no problems. Could it be a permission on the tty > and not the executable?? No. Remember, the login process has already started, the user ('ed') has already gotten a tty, the system has printed to it (for example to tell him he has no mail), o

Re: Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Shaleh
I am running 2.0.34 w/ no problems. Could it be a permission on the tty and not the executable?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Weird problem: normal user can't run bash in login

1998-06-09 Thread Ed Cogburn
I've attempted to run the 2.0.34 and 2.1.105 kernels (currently running 2.0.33, Debian 2.1 hamm+slink), but have been stumped by a problem. ROOT can login normally with no problem, but a "normal" user (I have an 'ed' account for doing things that don't require root access) gets an error message du