[ic] interchange and debian unstable - startup problem

[Stefan Hornburg Racke]

peter <petong@jah.net> writes:

> Hello list,
> 
> I have just done a clean install of debian unstable and interchange. When I 
> try and start interchange using the script in init.d, I am asked for a 
> password. The interchange user has a shell of /bin/false, so when I change 
> this to /bin/bash and assign a password to user interchange, I can then 
> provide a password when prompted, but this seems like strange behaviour for 
> an init script. Any ideas?

You should execute the script in init.d as superuser.
Use /bin/false as shell is correct.

Ciao
        Racke

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