[1673] in RedHat Linux List
Re: adduser and passwd errors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mac McClellan)
Tue Oct 29 16:26:19 1996
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:53:53 -0700
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From: Mac McClellan <bigmac@digitalpla.net>
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At 08:26 PM 10/28/96 -0600, you wrote:
>> At 01:30 PM 10/25/96 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> >>
>> >>ulimit: not found
>> >>
>> >>and this prompt:
>> >>
>> >>[\u@\h \W]\$
>> >>
>> >>Any ideas?
>> >
>> >Probably depends on what shell you are using. What shell are you
>> >using? Have you applied all the updates relavant to shells in the
>> >errata?
>> >
>>
>>
>> OK I made all the upgrade listed in the errata but still get the same error.
>> Any other suggestions?\
>
>I bet your shell is still `ash' not bash. What is the output of
>
>echo $SHELL
>
>But you can also check in the control panel what your shell is.
>When you use the control panel to add users, you need to press RET
>after every field you add. Also, do not fiddle around simultaneously
>with the control panel and `adduser' on the command line. The problems
>you described (/etc/passwd lock, bad prompt, etc) occured to me last year
>when I started with RedHat.
>
Shell is bash.
What next?
Mac
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