On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 23:13:26 -0400, "Frank Bax" <f...@sympatico.ca> said: > Aaron Martinez wrote: > >> Aaron Martinez wrote: > >>>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Aaron Martinez <m...@proficuous.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> 1) what does the /etc/passwd entry for one of these users look like? > >>> lgf:*:1010:10000::/home/ght:/usr/local/bbox/bin/login_script > >>> > >>>> 2) when you say "they get a standard shell", what *EXACTLY* do you > >>>> mean? > >>>> (If you mean "they get a /bin/sh prompt and it runs their > >>>> .profile", then please say that) > >>> when logging in as user ght > >> > >> > >> You changed shell for user lgf; then login as ght? > >> > >> > > sorry.. i was just preserving identities.. and missed one lgf entry.. > > the actual user is lgf. i just was changing it to ght. So everything is > > in fact lgf there is no mixing of id's. > > > > $ ls -l /usr/local/login_script > > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2132 Apr 23 00:22 /usr/local/login_script > > > You issued ls command for a different script than the user's shell. >
Specifically; $ ls -l /usr/local/login_script -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 2132 Apr 23 00:22 /usr/local/login_script but login script used is: /usr/local/bbox/bin/login_script from; lgf:*:1010:10000::/home/ght:/usr/local/bbox/bin/login_script There is some serious confusion going on here. Stop trying to obfuscate everything and tell us what you are actually doing. No one can help you until you do otherwise.