[ic] interchange and debian unstable - startup problem

petong interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Sep 7 10:49:01 2001


On Friday 07 September 2001 01:45, you wrote:
> 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

I am running the script as super user. It prompts me for a password on 
startup, and apt-get install interchange-ui fails becuase it cannot stop and 
start interchange.