Re: no shell, unable to cd to /home/*

[Simon Law <sfllaw@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>]

On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, pirmin2 wrote:

> it should but I'm afraid it doesn't...
> A.
> 
> chsh avh
> Changing the login shell for avh
> Enter the new value, or press return for the default
>         Login Shell [/bin/bash]: <return>
> 
> su avh
> No shell
> 
> su - avh
> Unable to cd to "/home/avh"
> 
> chsh avh
> Changing the login shell for avh
> Enter the new value, or press return for the default
>         Login Shell []: /bin/bash
> su - avh
> Unable to cd to "/home/avh"
> 
> su avh
> No shell
> 
> ls -al /bin/bash
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       407356 Sep 23 01:22 /bin/bash

	Check your /etc/passwd and make sure avh is configured right.
If you have shadow passwords enabled, check /etc/shadow too.

Simon