topic Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false in Operating System - HP-UX

Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Raj Pejathaya — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:44:36 GMT

Hi,
I have a userid that was working fine till recentlty. Now if I try to log into that userid it would just disconnect me. If I go through XDMCP, it logs me in but I cannot open a terminal. If I log is as somebody else and then do a su - over to this user I get the following error Cannot exec /usr/bin/false. DOes anybody know how to fix this problem
Thanks
Raj

Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Sridhar Bhaskarla — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:48:40 GMT

Hi,

Looks like the shell for this user is set to /usr/bin/false.

That tells us that this account was configured as ftp-only account. You will need to change the shell to one of the standards shells in order for you to do telnet or su.

ftp will work if /usr/bin/false is listed in /etc/ftpusers file.

-Sri

Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Jeroen Peereboom — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:48:42 GMT

Raj,

* check permission of /usr/bin/false and if necessary change it.
* check your entry in /etc/passwd for the shell specified there.

JP

Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Raj Pejathaya — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:56:39 GMT

I got it. In my etc/passwd file, the shell was defined as /usr/bin/false. I changed it to the appropriate shell and it started working.
Thank you both for your help.
Raj

Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Jose Mosquera — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 11:58:50 GMT

Hi,

Pls ensure that "/usr/bin/false" is defined into /etc/shells file. Also /usr/bin/false must have 555 rights and belong to bin:bin.

Rgds.

Re: Cannot exec /usr/bin/false

Raj Pejathaya — Thu, 17 Jun 2004 12:30:50 GMT

Hi,
Thanks for the reply
The /usr/bin/false has 555 permissions. There is no file called shells under /etc. My operating system is HPUX11.0

Thanks
Raj