Problem with xterm-301-1
Hi, After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable. The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of permitted shells, e.g. /bin/ash /bin/bash /bin/dash /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/zsh Regards, Ola Strömfors -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Problem with xterm-301-1
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Ola Strömfors wrote: After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable. I saw the same thing, but only on my home computer running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, not on my work laptop running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit. I start Xwin this way (i.e. same as Cygwin-X group in Start menu): C:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe I don't know why SHELL defined as /bin/sh by default (my entry in the /etc/passwd file invokes bash). I could not find a way to change SHELL before XWin starts. One way I fixed it was to launch xterm from .XWinrc like this: xterm EXEC xterm -e /bin/bash instead of this: xterm EXEC xterm -ls -- Jim Reisert AD1C, jjreis...@alum.mit.edu, http://www.ad1c.us -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
RE: Problem with xterm-301-1
From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromf...@gmail.com] After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable. The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of permitted shells, e.g. From http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log-contents.html#xterm_301: Patch #301 - 2014/01/19 only set SHELL environment variable to programs found in /etc/shells (prompted by patch/report by Al Poole). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/
Re: Problem with xterm-301-1
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:33:22AM -0700, Jim Reisert AD1C wrote: On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Ola Strömfors wrote: After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable. I saw the same thing, but only on my home computer running Windows 7 Pro 64-bit, not on my work laptop running Windows 7 Enterprise 64-bit. I start Xwin this way (i.e. same as Cygwin-X group in Start menu): C:\Cygwin\bin\run.exe /usr/bin/bash.exe -l -c /usr/bin/startxwin.exe I don't know why SHELL defined as /bin/sh by default (my entry in the /etc/passwd file invokes bash). I could not find a way to change That sounds like a case reported Saturday - see ftp://invisible-island.net/temp/xterm-301a.patch.gz I have a few other reports on different issues to iron out, and expect to be ok with #302 sometime next week. -- Thomas E. Dickey dic...@invisible-island.net http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Problem with xterm-301-1
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 06:45:00PM +, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote: From: Ola Strömfors [mailto:ola.stromf...@gmail.com] After updating from 291-1 to 301-1 xterm starts /bin/sh instead of my shell specified in /etc/passwd or in the SHELL environment variable. The workaround I have found is to create /etc/shells with a list of permitted shells, e.g. From http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log-contents.html#xterm_301: Patch #301 - 2014/01/19 only set SHELL environment variable to programs found in /etc/shells (prompted by patch/report by Al Poole). yes. (whether xterm should use $SHELL incoming is a different issue that I am reconsidering) -- Thomas E. Dickey dic...@invisible-island.net http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net signature.asc Description: Digital signature
