Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ibmps2!aix!vendiswc From: vendiswc@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Shaun Codner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: FTP and tcsh don't mix Summary: FTP needs tcsh path in /etc/shells Keywords: FTP tcsh shells Message-ID: <4416@aix.aix.kingston.ibm.com> Date: 7 Nov 90 18:14:38 GMT References: Organization: IBM Corporation, Kingston NY Lines: 22 In article ramsey@sundance.llnl.gov (Susanne Ramsey) writes: >I have a sun 4/330 which I just upgraded to SUNOS 4.1. As we have been de- >bugging we have found that a person who has tcsh as a default shell can not >FTP to that account. Any other shell seems to work just fine.. We have the >latest version of tcsh ( i think 8-)) > >Anyone seen this before..??? > >Susanne Ramsey Yes, this is probably because you do not have the path for tcsh ( usually /usr/local/bin/tcsh) in the /etc/shells file. FTP checks this file for "legal" shells when somebody FTP's in. Just append the path to the end of /etc/shells and all should be fine. If not, then it may be something a wee bit more complicated. :-) -Shaun -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Shaun Codner Telephone 914-385-7189 Office 005-3 6NW05 ---- ---- TIE 695-7189 E-Mail swc@frantic ---- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------