After upgrading to 8.0, I get an error message telling me that /dev/null
is not executable when I try to enter that with a chsh command. We use
this when setting up ftp accounts for access to our web server. I can
still go into /etc/passwd and manually enter that - and it works. So
Around Mon,Sep 15 2003, at 02:36, Dana Holland, wrote:
After upgrading to 8.0, I get an error message telling me that /dev/null
is not executable when I try to enter that with a chsh command. We use
this when setting up ftp accounts for access to our web server. I can
still go into /etc
Make sure /dev/null and/or /bin/false is in your /etc/shells file
upgrade probably removed it
-eric wood
Dana Holland wrote:
After upgrading to 8.0, I get an error message telling me that
/dev/null is not executable when I try to enter that with a chsh
command. We use this when
/dev/null is there - /bin/false is not. I had tried the /sbin/nologin,
but my users couldn't connect with it set to that.
Eric Wood wrote:
Make sure /dev/null and/or /bin/false is in your /etc/shells file
upgrade probably removed it
-eric wood
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After upgrading to 8.0, I get an error message telling me that /dev/null
is not executable when I try to enter that with a chsh command. We use
Could you do the following and reply with the output file
(chsh_strace.txt)?
$ strace -o chsh_strace.txt chsh
It will tell us some useful
Add /bin/false to the /etc/shells file and use that instead of /dev/null.
Thats what I do.
Chris
/dev/null is there - /bin/false is not. I had tried the /sbin/nologin,
but my users couldn't connect with it set to that.
Eric Wood wrote:
Make sure /dev/null and/or /bin/false is in your
