Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
On 1/25/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Plocher writes: > > I put an entry in /etc/passwd for root's shell to be /bin/kshh > > (note the misspelling) and logged out. And I couldn't log back > > in - login reported "no shell" and gav

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread Joerg Schilling
James Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Plocher writes: > > I put an entry in /etc/passwd for root's shell to be /bin/kshh > > (note the misspelling) and logged out. And I couldn't log back > > in - login reported "no shell" and gave me another login prompt. > > Yikes! File a bug; there

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread James Carlson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >John Plocher writes: > >> I put an entry in /etc/passwd for root's shell to be /bin/kshh > >> (note the misspelling) and logged out. And I couldn't log back > >> in - login reported "no shell" and gave me another login prompt. > > > >Yikes! File a bug; there are pe

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread Casper . Dik
>John Plocher writes: >> I put an entry in /etc/passwd for root's shell to be /bin/kshh >> (note the misspelling) and logged out. And I couldn't log back >> in - login reported "no shell" and gave me another login prompt. > >Yikes! File a bug; there are people who are relying on that. I think

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread Darren J Moffat
John Plocher wrote: James Carlson wrote: While this used to be a big no-no, I was told it is OK after Solaris 10. Is this advice correct? Thanks. It was actually OK before Solaris 10. If the system can't exec root's shell, it automatically falls back to /sbin/sh. Since I was installing a

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread James Carlson
John Plocher writes: > I put an entry in /etc/passwd for root's shell to be /bin/kshh > (note the misspelling) and logged out. And I couldn't log back > in - login reported "no shell" and gave me another login prompt. Yikes! File a bug; there are people who are relying on that. -- James Carlso

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread John Plocher
James Carlson wrote: While this used to be a big no-no, I was told it is OK after Solaris 10. Is this advice correct? Thanks. It was actually OK before Solaris 10. If the system can't exec root's shell, it automatically falls back to /sbin/sh. Since I was installing a new Sparc system wit

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-25 Thread James Carlson
W. Wayne Liauh writes: > One of the more welcoming changes in SXCR 55b is that immediately > after installation and logging in as root, we are asked to add one > or more new users. For non-root users, bash is now the default > shell. *boggle* > I also went ahead and changed the default shell fro

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-24 Thread Rich Teer
On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > I also went ahead and changed the default shell from "sh" to "bash" > even for root (& created /root for it home directory). While this used > to be a big no-no, I was told it is OK after Solaris 10. Is this > advice correct? Thanks. Well, the techn

[osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-24 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
One of the more welcoming changes in SXCR 55b is that immediately after installation and logging in as root, we are asked to add one or more new users. For non-root users, bash is now the default shell. I also went ahead and changed the default shell from "sh" to "bash" even for root (& create

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-21 Thread John Weekley
On my Ferarri 3400 after a 'sys-unconfig' it tries configuring ath0 on reboot, and just sits there, doing nothing. Not a hang, but the console's unusable. I've tried mounting /a and poking around in /a/etc in safe mode to see what's going on, but there's nothing obvious; to me anyway , that w

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-21 Thread James C. McPherson
Octave Orgeron wrote: Why? Probably best that somebody With Authority (tm) answers that question. /me looks towards Stephen Harpster . cheers, James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer Sun Microsystems ___ opensolaris-discuss mail

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-21 Thread Octave Orgeron
. McPherson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Boyd Adamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 9:28:53 PM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available Boyd Adamson wrote: ... > Before anyone else goes looking like I di

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-21 Thread James C. McPherson
Boyd Adamson wrote: ... Before anyone else goes looking like I did, it seems the DeveloperTools directory is NOT there on the SPARC DVD image. Correct, and I don't believe it was supposed to be there either. James C. McPherson -- Solaris kernel software engineer Sun Microsystems _

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-21 Thread Boyd Adamson
On 21/01/2007, at 1:51 PM, John Weekley wrote: Richard Lowe wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Please find the links to SXCR Build 55 at www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/on/>. - Derek -- Derek Cicero Program Manager Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread John Weekley
Richard Lowe wrote: W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Please find the links to SXCR Build 55 at . - Derek -- Derek Cicero Program Manager Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list op

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread Richard Lowe
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Please find the links to SXCR Build 55 at . - Derek -- Derek Cicero Program Manager Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@ope

[osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread Ken Mays
+1 - As I asked for SXCR b55b (hopefully SXCR b58) to become part of the new OpenSolaris Starter Kit as well - based on the StarOffice 8u5 integration. Both GNOME 2.16.1, StarOffice 8u5, and Solaris Express 11& 12 beta (OpenMP, thread analyzer, G++ compatibility!!) are important features to discuss

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread Rich Teer
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007, W. Wayne Liauh wrote: > I have played with almost every release since SXCR44. Release 55 is > so refreshingly different from all previous releases, the most > pertinent "change log" IMO probably should contain three simple words: > "Just try it!" Interesting; briefly, in you

[osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> +1 -- even if it's just a summary of new features > (but not to the > level of detail in the ChangeLogs). I.e., something > that we can > use in deciding whether to install it or not (those > that don't just > install the latest bits "because"). For example, I > heard about > GNOME 2.16 being i

[osol-discuss] Re: SXCR Build 55 available

2007-01-20 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> Please find the links to SXCR Build 55 at > . > > - Derek > -- > Derek Cicero > Program Manager > Solaris Kernel Group, Software Division > ___ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@open