[ic] interchange and debian unstable - startup problem

petong interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Fri Sep 7 12:18:01 2001


On Friday 07 September 2001 08:06, you wrote:
> petong <petong@jah.net> writes:
> > 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.
>
> Oops, that is very curious. What version of "login" do you have installed ?
>
> Ciao
>         Racke


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