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Article #2135Re: Micro C-Shell
From: Dave J. Burris
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 01:16
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 01:16
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> A friend of mine who has the Micro C-Shell program is having difficulty > getting it to operate in the 2(multi) user mode. > He altered the /etc/passwd file and that allowed him to log-on, but > immediately after logging on, it brought him back to the login: prompt. > He is definately getting logged on under the new account name, but for some > reason the shell prompt never appears. > > It would go something like this: > > Login: john > Password: > > Welcome to the Micro C-shell Multi tasking .. etc... > > Last Login Monday September etc ... > > > Login: > > -------- > And that's it. It just goes back to Login: and does the same thing with > all user names. > Does anyone out there have any ideas why this is not working? Has anyone > else had a similar experience with this piece of software? > Thanks in advance. > j.h. Check the default shell field of the login entry of \etc\passwd for the offending login. Make certain that the csh.prg file can be found. You should also check the user's login.sh file to see if the path is being set to something weird. -- Dave Burris ..!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!djb Rockwell Switching Systems, Downers Grove, Il.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!ihnp4!ihopa!riccb!djb From: djb@riccb.UUCP (Dave J. Burris ) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16 Subject: Re: Micro C-Shell Message-ID: <743@riccb.UUCP> Date: Fri, 3-Oct-86 21:16:41 EDT Article-I.D.: riccb.743 Posted: Fri Oct 3 21:16:41 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Oct-86 13:21:50 EDT References: <5803@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Rockwell Telecommunications, Downers Grove,Il. Lines: 36