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From: rhodes@grebyn.com (Ned Rhodes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Problems with su
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Date: 14 Feb 90 02:28:23 GMT
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	I had a disk go bad on a V.3 system.  I formatted up another
drive and did a re-installation of unix.  I then overlaid my backup tape
to take care of the differences.  The system comes up fine with one
exception.  I can only login as root.  Whenever I try another username,
it gives me the initial login banner and then says "no shell".  If I log
in as root and then do an "su newusername", I get the error message "su:
No shell".  
	Can anyone enlighten me as to what the problem is?  The manual
page for su does not list any error messages.  Under login, I find that
the no shell error message says that it cannot read the password file.
In looking at that, the protections all look correct.  Can anyone hazard
a guess as to what the problem might be.  Thanks.

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