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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Can log in remotely but not locally (Using NIS)? Post 302444295 by GrRt on Wednesday 11th of August 2010 01:02:15 PM
Old 08-11-2010
Thanks jim mcnamara for the info.

I tried the passwd -r nis -e myusername and it seemed to do some things (i.e. it asked me what my password for my account was and then it asked me if I wanted to change my shell). I think this is what I wanted to do originally (just change my shell). At first I changed it to the zsh after figuring out where the files were doing a which zsh. Then when I still couldn't log in, I switch it back to the default again...

However, it did not fix the problem. I still get kicked out right after I try to log in. I am going to create a test user account now to see if it suffers from the same thing. I tried re-building a system and naming it something else just to rule out a blocking thing on the computername/id but the different system still has the problem with my account, so it defineately seems to be a problem with the account itself and the /home directory and/or settings.

It could very well be from when I was looking at the files as vbe said. I thought that the "view" command was a non-volatile thing. I may have viewed the files while doing a su and that could have goofed my passd file or my shadow file....

I appreciate your help in this. I am new to Unix and have not run into this before.

---------- Post updated at 12:02 PM ---------- Previous update was at 11:51 AM ----------

New Update:
I just created a new user account. Afterwards I was told to do a /var/yp ./make command to push out the settings etc.. for the new user account. I have the same problem with the new user account. I can Remote Login to another system but I cannot log in on the local machine.

Not sure if this helps...
 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

chsh

CHSH(1)                                                            User Commands                                                           CHSH(1)

NAME

       chsh - change login shell

SYNOPSIS

       chsh [options] [LOGIN]

DESCRIPTION

       The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
       the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.

OPTIONS

       The options which apply to the chsh command are:

       -h, --help
           Display help message and exit.

       -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
           Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

       -s, --shell SHELL
           The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell.

       If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
       value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.

NOTE

       The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
       and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
       in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
       back to its original value.

FILES

       /etc/passwd
           User account information.

       /etc/shells
           List of valid login shells.

       /etc/login.defs
           Shadow password suite configuration.

SEE ALSO

       chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).

shadow-utils 4.5                                                    01/25/2018                                                             CHSH(1)
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