Also, as a test I run a simple remote command to get ls of dir and it failed $ ssh backup.webmadeeasy.net ls -lart /usr/bin ls: /dev/fs/D/usr/bin: No such file or directory
But home directory works $ ssh backup.webmadeeasy.net ls -lart total 49637 -rwx------+ 1 myid Domain Users 0 Jul 26 2004 Sti_Trace.log -rwx------+ 1 myid Domain Users 181 Sep 16 2004 desktop.ini -rwx------+ 1 myid Domain Users 440385 Sep 16 2005 support2.zip -rwx------+ 1 myid Domain Users 4377 Oct 16 2005 NetDiag.log Can this be related? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Hall (Cygwin) Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:28 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh interactive shell not working Kyle A. Dawson wrote: > I forgot to add the bash part. > So if I give it the option to run bash it works, I get a prompt. > > ssh myhost bash --login -i > > So why do I have to now give it the option to run bash? It should do that > automatically? To me, this suggests that you have a bashism in your /etc/profile or ~/.profile and that your login shell is not bash. Check your user's entry for /etc/passwd and change it to bash if you want bash. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/