Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2001 06:40:05 -0400 From: Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnon@emory.edu> To: Brian <clark@essoc.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: after upgrading to 4.3 can't su anymore Message-ID: <200107031035.f63AZxC14327@pluto.cc.emory.edu>
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Yes! the problem was that my older tcsh was in /usr/local/bin but it was referenced in the /etc/shells as /bin/tcsh. thanks!! giuseppe 7/2/01 8:03:53 PM, Brian <clark@essoc.com> wrote: > >you may check the path for tcsh in /etc/shells, I had a >similar problem while upgrading. tcsh became part of the base >system between 4.0 and stable. you may also want to check /etc/passwd >for the wrong path. I can't remember what I had a problem with but I >do remember I had to change the paths from /usr/local/bin/tcsh to >/bin/tcsh in /etc/passwd. I think what I did to cause the problem is >when I ran mergmaster I replaced /etc/shells which did not have the >path /usr/local/bin/tcsh which was used in /etc/passwd. > >Hope this helps, > >brian > >On Mon, 02 Jul 2001 19:17:58 -0400 >Giuseppe Pagnoni <gpagnon@emory.edu> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I have just upgraded my box to 4-stable from 4.0 (from src) and though >> everything seem to have gone well, I cannot su anymore though I am still >> >> in the wheel group (as from the /etc/group file). The error message is: >> >> su: permission denied (shell). >> >> (by the way my shell is tcsh...) >> >> And also, another unrelated question. When I do telnet now it appears >> the following message: >> Trying SRA secure login >> >> what does it mean? Is this useful? >> >> thanks for any suggestion! >> >> giuseppe >> >> >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message >> > > >-- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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