On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 4:59 PM, anup nair <[email protected]> wrote:
> Could you copy the line from /etc/passwd > pertaining for the user for which this problem occurs? > > On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Maheboob Shaikh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have created some users & when I command # tail /etc/passwd > > It shows the user I have made . > > But whenever I login through switchuser # su - natasha > > then it gives me a shell in this way > > [I have no name @station20] > > > > So , please sugest me how I can deal with this in order to correct this > > problem? > > > > Thanks with Regards, > > Maheboob Shaikh > > CMC Ltd. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > -- > ASATOMA SADGAMAYA : Leads us from ignorance to truth > TAMASOMA JYOTHIRGAMAYA : from darkness to light > MRITHYORMA AMRUTANGAMAYA : and from death to eternity > OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTI HI : Let peace prevail everywhere. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Please copy the line from /etc/passwd for better understanding and also longlist the file. Also it could be because the permissions on the /etc/passwd file are not set properly. The permissions should be "-rw-r--r--". This file must be set so all users can read it. Therefore it is a wise security precaution (and currently a standard) to implement shadow passwords so the users' encrypted passwords are stored in the /etc/shadow file only readable by root. -- Ashwin R. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
