just looked at this agin. I feel stupid now.... what can I say some things need to be pounded into my head several times....
On 11/10/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > oh I see. Thank you all. > > Dana > > On 11/10/05, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > If he's getting the prompt, he's already logged in as someone. > > > > --Ben > > > > Dana wrote: > > > wait though that doesn't explain why he can't log in? > > > > > > On 11/9/05, Nolan Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>PS1 is an environment variable that contains the users prompt. So the > > >>users > > >>prompt would be a blank line and the string login: > > >> > > >>HTH > > >> > > >>-----Original Message----- > > >>From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > >>Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 12:45 AM > > >>To: CF-Community > > >>Subject: red hat huh? > > >> > > >>Any linux gurus out there? > > >>I am looking at the folowing: > > >>Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 3 (Taroon) > > >>Kernel 2.4.20-4ES on an i686 > > >> > > >>station login: prince > > >>Password: > > >>Last login: Tue Sep 9 08:43:15 on tty3 > > >> > > >>login: prince > > >>-bash: prince: command not found > > >> > > >>login: > > >> > > >>6. Which of the following most adequately explains prince's problem? * > > >>A.* There is no account for the user prince. *B.* There is a syntax > > error > > >>in the file ~/.bashrc, so the shell is exiting on startup. *C.* The > > user > > >>prince does not have a home directory on the local machine. *D.* The > > user > > >>prince has forgotten his password. *E.* > > >> > > >>The file ~/.bashrc contains the line PS1="\nlogin: " > > >> > > >>Apparently E is correct but I do not find PS1="\nlogin: " anywhere in > > the > > >>red hat materials and even on google it turns up only one, dead, link. > > Is > > >>this a typo? Anyone know? > > >>Dana > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>The most common elements are hydrogen and stupidity - Harlan Ellison > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:181371 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
