cannot login after switching user to /ffp/bin/bash

[Thomas Moersch]

I created a new user and was able to ssh into the server.

After installing bash and switching the user's default shell to /ffp/bin/bash in /etc/passwd the user was no longer able to authenticate with ssh until I switched him back to /bin/sh.

Any ideas?

Maybe I have to create a soft link in /bin?

[João Cardoso]

On Wednesday, December 4, 2013 6:05:54 PM UTC, Thomas Moersch wrote:

I created a new user and was able to ssh into the server.

After installing bash and switching the user's default shell to /ffp/bin/bash in /etc/passwd the user was no longer able to authenticate with ssh

Have you watched the System Log?:

Dec  5 00:36:44 nas authpriv.warn dropbear[3239]: User 'jcard' has invalid shell, rejected

You have to create a '/etc/shells' file with the full path of allowed shells, such as

# cat /etc/shells 

/bin/sh

/usr/bin/bash

# ls -l /etc/shells 

-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            22 Dec  5 00:37 /etc/shells

As you have Alt-F packages installed and directory '/Alt-F/etc' exists, the create file will survive reboots

[Thomas Moersch]

Thanks, João.  I was looking for a shells file and couldn't find one.

It never occurred to me to just create one!

LOL

Thomas

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