retitle 348657 screen refuses to spawn login shells tags 348657 = moreinfo unreproducible thankyou
Hi Thomas, I also suspect there's something wrong with your shell... ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat .screenrc ] shell -/bin/bash ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ screen ] [>>>] ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ shopt | grep login ] login_shell on ] [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ps -ef f ] jcn 22124 22123 0 20:36 pts/2 Ss 0:00 \_ bash ] jcn 26878 22124 0 21:36 pts/2 S+ 0:00 \_ screen ] root 26879 26878 0 21:36 ? Ss 0:00 \_ SCREEN ] jcn 26880 26879 0 21:36 pts/4 Ss 0:00 \_ -/bin/bash ] jcn 26912 26880 0 21:37 pts/4 R+ 0:00 \_ ps -ef f Could you double-check your configuration of bash (esp. against the INVOCATION paragraph of bash(1) concerning the order in which the rcfiles are searched for and read)? Regards, Jan
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