06-09-2004
Solaris 2.6 exec login fails
Ladies and Gentlemen;
I need your help in determining what has happened to one of my companies systems. Here is the scenario:
System Ultra 5 with Solaris 2.6 and the latest patch cluster installed. Third party security person "hardened" the system yesterday. Now when I login into CDE and open a terminal window and run the exec login command the login prompt appears, I enter the same login I used to login into CDE with and password and the window just disappears. I have checked the /etc/profile, /etc/login files all seem un-touched.
The only way I have been able to duplicate this error on a non-hardened system was to set the "no root login" on console option in the /etc/default/login file. I then opened up a terminal and tried the exec login command (as root) and got the same results as on the system that was hardened (the window just disappears).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully;
Mark K.
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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.
-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).
User Commands 06/24/2011 CHSH(1)