On 4/25/09, Aaron Martinez <m...@proficuous.com> wrote:
> I'm running OpenBSD 4.4 Stable and have created a little shell script menu
> program that I want certain users to have as their only interaction with
> the system. I created users using the script as their shell and also put
> it in /etc/shells but when the user logs in they get a standard shell. I
> was testing it through ssh so I thought maybe it had something to do with
> the environment but the same thing happens when I log in locally. If log
> in as root and then "su - <username>" the script runs as expected.
>
> Is this the wrong way to do this? Would it be better putting something in
> the .profile?
>
> Can anyone shed any light as to why this is happening?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Aaron Martinez
>
As a mind reader I'm guessing permissions.......
some more info might make it less of a guess....