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I use vi in UNIX and I use TextPad in Windows.

Also, given the problem I had, rsh probably would not have worked since sh and ssh were not working either.

Yep, I put sh at /sbin/sh



Nope, rsh does not work for a root account either. You would need to change /etc/default/login to allow remote logins by root using rsh just as you would need to for...

Well, I must say, you guys totally rock.


-bash-3.00$ su testroot
Password:
# id
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
#


Thank you everyone for your help. Especially you Corona688, your MakeFile...

You are exactly right. Take a look at this.


-bash-3.00$ ls -l /sbin/sh
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 812188 Oct 16 21:24 /sbin/sh
-bash-3.00$ ls -l /usr/local/bin/make
-rwxr-xr-x 1...

-bash-3.00$ file /sbin/sh
/sbin/sh: ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1, dynamically linked, not stripped

I just noticed that the date of /sbin/sh is October 16, and that is when the problem began.

-bash-3.00$ grep root /etc/passwd
root:x:0:0:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh
testroot:x:0:0:Super-User:/:/sbin/sh

-bash-3.00$ ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 25 21:44 /bin/sh...

-bash-3.00$ su - testroot
Password:
-sh: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
-bash-3.00$

I receive the same result with su -

Hello,

I have a problem with a server. I have access to 2 different root accounts, and they appear to be stuck doing something with sh. I also could not get to the machine with ssh as I usually...