login prompt not display

[Tuck Lee]

Hi!

I have a problem with one of my trusted server. I have a user ftpuser sharing a user directory with other server's user ftpuser. When I try to telnet or ssh into the trusted server, I am stop at the last part of the profile script and no prompt will appear. The login seems to have hanged and I cannot kill the login.

Need some advise.

regards
tuck

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

Check the login shell. This user may not be given with shell access and only given ftp access.

[Tuck Lee]

I have check the profile, the shell is there. I have another server mounted to the same server dir and I was able to do a telnet and the prompt apprear?? The other server I use is not trusted

[Ganesan R]

Hi,

As far I know, trusted configuration will not stop the login by any means. If you suspect issue with user profile, you can rename and test it.

Also note that profile will be executed after you issued username and password. If you are not even getting login prompt, then you cannot suspect profile. If you get login prompt, and session hangs after issuing password then it could be user profile issue.

Can you post the following output?

#grep /etc/passwd

[Taifur]

Hi Tuck

Try to kill the process of telnet and ssh
Again start telnet & ssh process

Try again by telnet

Rgds//
Taifur

[Mark McDonald_2]

Can you switch to that user when already logged in as someone else?

[OldSchool]

"I have check the profile, the shell is there"

Yeah, but does the user trying to do this have a valid shell in /etc/password?

[Dennis Handly]

>I am stop at the last part of the profile script

You should use "set -x" in your .profile to see what command is hanging. What command does ps(1) show is running?
UNIX95=EXTENDED_PS ps -Hfu user-name

>Mark: Can you switch to that user when already logged in as someone else?

You might try this su with and without the "-".

[Tuck Lee]

I can su "without -" into the userID but not "with -"

[Tuck Lee]

I can su "without -" into the userID but not "with -"

I have new message, after I su to the user, I try to do a ls or pwd. Error message cannot access parent directory.

[Dennis Handly]

>I can su "without -" into the userID but not "with -"

This indicates a .profile problem. In the past on 10.20, there used to be hangs if your history file was on NFS.

>after I su to the user, I try to do a ls or pwd. Error message cannot access parent directory.

What directory are you in? Do "echo $PWD".
(This is without the "-"?)

[Tuck Lee]

using the root to su w/o - i got the local pwd, but when i use the normal user to su w/o - i got error cannot access parent directories
$echo $PWD

[Avinash20]

could you provide the profile file of the user here.
Also let me know the shell which he is using

# cat /etc/passwd | grep

# cat /.profile

You could also do the following if you are using /usr/bin/sh shell

# mv /.profile /.profile_

# cp /etc/skel/.profile /.profile

Check if you are able to login

[Tuck Lee]

I have a unique case here, I have a folder that is shareed by multiple host using ID ftpuser. The folder is a nas mount point. Other host are not using trusted mode while only one server is and that is also the server that cannot can a telnet login prompt. Other server non trusted mode have no problem