Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 16:32:44 -0800 From: jehamby@lightside.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1083: "chsh -s" doesn't work in 2.1.0-RELEASE Message-ID: <199603170032.QAA00357@hamby1.lightside.net> Resent-Message-ID: <199603170040.QAA10653@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1083
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: "chsh -s" doesn't work in 2.1.0-RELEASE
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Mar 16 16:40:01 PST 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jake Hamby
>Organization:
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Jake Hamby | E-Mail: jehamby@lightside.com
Student, Cal Poly University, Pomona | System Administrator, JPL
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>Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386
>Environment:
2.1.0-RELEASE with 2.1-STABLE kernel. 486DX4/100 with 24MB RAM.
>Description:
The "chsh" command by itself works correctly (brings up an editor with
shell and GECOS info), but changing just the shell with a line like "chsh
-s tcsh" (as documented in the man page) appears to update the password file:
chsh: rebuilding the database...
chsh: done
But the password field is still the same.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just try it: "chsh -s <mynewshell>"
>Fix:
Dunno.. Haven't looked at the source code. It may be already fixed in
-stable or -current.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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