On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:34:18 -0700, Edward M. wrote: > On 03/12/2012 03:47 PM, Edward M. wrote: > > On 03/12/2012 03:23 PM, Polytropon wrote: > >> On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:19:51 -0700, Edward M. wrote: > >>> On 03/12/2012 03:10 PM, Polytropon wrote: > >>>> /etc/shells to work, but a passwd entry like > >>>> > >>>> bob:*:1234:1234:Two-loop-Bob:/home/bob:/usr/local/bin/joe > >>> > >>> I think this would not let the user to login,etc > >> I'm not sure... I assume logging in is handled by /usr/bin/login, > >> and control is then (i. e. after successful login) transferred > >> to the login shell, which is the program specified in the > >> "shell" field (see "man 5 passwd") of /etc/passwd. How is > >> login supposed to know if the program specified in this > >> field is actually a dialog shell? > >> > >> From "man 1 login" I read that many shells have a built-in > >> login command, but /usr/bin/login is the system's default > >> binary for this purpose if the "shell" (quotes deserved if > >> it is an editor as shown in my assumption) has no capability > >> of performing a login. > >> > >> > >> > > Now i gotta try this out. Off to > > hosed my system. > Does not work. Could not login, it shows "Couldn't open *-joerc."
Very strange message. I know there's a .joerc in ~ (for the user) and a global /usr/local/etc/joe/rjoerc (for system-wide use). I also get this message: Couldn't open '*-joerc' Maybe this is because joe isn't a shell and doesn't set some required variables, such as $PATH or $HOME, and joe cannot find its rc files... The reason is what I see in /usr/ports/editors/joe/work/joe-3.7/main.c line 353 and above. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"