Hate to state the obvious, but on a DEFAULT Debian install, if nothing is changed, root's default path with be dictated by /root/.profile ... Maybe the machine behaving fine still has this file, and the other has had it deleted, and then (and only then) is login/whatever providing you with a default user env...
... Adam Conrad -----Original Message----- From: Eray Ozkural (exa) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eray Ozkural (exa) Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 9:46 PM To: Aaron Lehmann Cc: Eray Ozkural (exa); [EMAIL PROTECTED]; debian-devel@lists.debian.org Subject: Bug#81396: root shell fscked after upgrade to woody On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 08:25:54PM -0800, Aaron Lehmann wrote: > Debian has always exhibited this behavior for me. There's a simple > workaround: don't log in as root. > > I don't know which is more distasteful: That you have telnet enabled, or > that you have enabled remote root logins via telnet. > I was surprised to find that I'd enabled remote root logins via telnet, too. he he. I'll close it after projects are over... About having telnet enabled: everybody on the campus knows how to use telnet but would be very surprised I didn't let them connect easily from windows clients. For me, using telnet is of course a bit insecure but when I'm not able to use an ssh client... it's easier. > Interesting, RedHat 5.1 (and up?) exhibits exactly the opposite > phenomenon. Log in as root and you get the right paths. su without '-' > and you don't. Hmmm. This is most probably directly related to login program. :/ Now, the interesting thing is this happens only on machines which have upgraded, and sometimes it won't happen even on upgraded ones. ? For instance, this machine is on woody latest, and it doesn't have the bug. I login as root from console, and I get all the sbin paths here. On borg, the bug occurs as you say, I login as root and I'm in like a normal user. I have to do a 'su' to get things right. What might be the reason for this? -- Eray (exa) Ozkural Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
