Bug 107223
| Summary: | chsh does not assign /bin/sh as shell | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | Reporter: | Chris Van Hoof <vanhoof> |
| Component: | util-linux | Assignee: | Elliot Lee <sopwith> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | Ben Levenson <benl> |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 2.1 | ||
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2003-10-28 14:17:09 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Login treats an empty shell field as /bin/sh, so all is well. I think this is intentional behaviour by chsh. |
Description of problem: When using chsh to change a users shell to /bin/sh, in this case root nothing is assigned. I can reproduce this on all RHL 7.x, 8, 9 and RHEL 2.1 This is not reproducable on Fedora Core or the Beta release for RHEL Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-2.11f-20 ; RHEL util-linux-2.11y-9 ; RHL9 How reproducible: Easily Reproduced: [root@crashtestdummy root]# echo $SHELL /bin/bash [root@crashtestdummy root]# chsh Changing shell for root. New shell [/bin/bash]: /bin/sh Shell changed. [root@crashtestdummy root]# finger root Login: root Name: root Directory: /root Shell: /bin/sh On since Wed Oct 15 11:23 (EDT) on tty1 3 minutes 42 seconds idle On since Wed Oct 15 11:30 (EDT) on pts/0 from unplugged.rdu.redhat.com Mail forwarded to vanhoof New mail received Mon Oct 13 04:06 2003 (EDT) Unread since Fri Sep 26 13:33 2003 (EDT) No Plan. [root@crashtestdummy root]# grep ^root /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root: [root@crashtestdummy root]# chsh Changing shell for root. New shell [/bin/sh]: /bin/bash Shell changed. [root@crashtestdummy root]# grep ^root /etc/passwd root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash [root@crashtestdummy root]# Steps to Reproduce: 1. As root run chsh and select /bin/sh as shell 2. Look at entry in /etc/passwd for shell 3. Attempt a login Actual results: Login attempts fail Expected results: Shell changed to /bin/sh Additional info: Any other shell ( ksh, zsh, tcsh ) all change fine with chsh