Re: Invalid user shell login rejected, Solaris 8. enterprise hardware

From: André TRAN (andre.tran10NOSPAM_at_wanadoo.fr)
Date: 01/01/04 

Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 22:23:37 +0100

Hi

When you add user by using vi, you have to type pwconv to create the entry
in the shadow file and then you won't see your error message.

HTH

"John" <dominicj25@hotmail.com> a écrit dans le message de
news:T8oIb.70853$aT.10449@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Hi
>
> I am getting "Invalid user shell login rejected" when logging in as any
> users but not root.
>
> As far as I know no changes had been made to shadow or passwd files in
etc.
>
> I have tried creating new user with a different shell, no luck.
> Most of the users are using csh, but if I change using vi and edit a users
> shell to one other than csh i.e. sh like root is using and run yp make
after
> this, still not luck.
>
> I cant see any extra characters in shadow or passwd files using vi, as I
saw
> a post with the same error message on goggle.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> John
>
>

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