Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2009 16:52:23 +0200 From: Maciej Milewski <milu@dat.pl> To: Free BSD Questions list <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, stan <stanb@panix.com> Subject: Re: What invokes cricket on FreeBSD Message-ID: <200909031652.24359.milu@dat.pl> In-Reply-To: <20090903122532.GA1604@teddy.fas.com> References: <20090903114857.GA635@teddy.fas.com> <20090903122532.GA1604@teddy.fas.com>
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Dnia czwartek, 3 wrze=B6nia 2009 o 14:25:32 stan napisa=B3(a): > Now, to do so I need to be the cricket > user, so I tried to su - cricket. I was told that this user was not > avaialble. Looking in /etc/passwd. I found that this users shell was list= ed > as /usr/sbin/nologin. I edited /etc/paswd to change this to /nin/sh, but I > still get the smae error message when I try to su to that user. > > What do I need to change to be able to su to this suer, and might this be > the reason tha it's crontab entry is notbeing run? Do not edit /etcpasswd to change shell. Use command: chpass -s /bin/shell username Or if you really want to do it manually rebuild it through pwd_mkdb. More i= nfo=20 as always in excelent FreeBSD manpages. Regards, Maciej Milewski
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