Dimitre, Your right when I did edit the /etc/passwd file I couldn't log at all in my machine so I returned the settings which I replace then after doing so it works fine again. Checking on the correct directory would be a greater help. Its just really different from Solaris 9.
Thank You All. Angelyn -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Radoulov, Dimitre Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:19 PM To: Solaris-Users mailing list Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] Shell Prompt on Solaris 10 > There are some historical reasons (which may no longer be valid) why it > would be better not to change the shell for the root login, and I believe > you may > have inadvertently discovered one of them. (I'm working from memory > here; > no Solaris system in front of me) Csh is (or was) not located in the > same > directory as sh. Sysadmins would change /bin/sh to /bin/csh in the > /etc/passwd > file, and the system wouldn't be able to find the desired login shell. > Moreover, the location of csh is (or was) on a separate partition, for > those > systems not using a monolithic mount of the OS, so in cases where the > file system > had problems, the system might even come up without the desired directory > mounted, making it impossible for root to get into the system at all. > > Make sure you do a "which csh" to ascertain the correct directory. In addition: http://home.comcast.net/~j.p.h/cus-faq-2.html#15 Regards, Dimitre _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
