The problem did not lie with the password file, not what shell root was
using (I had stated that root worked fine, it was other users.)
The solution was to reinstall the OS.
Thanks to all who replied, even the smart ass who said RTFM. I'll
remember him when he posts for help ;-)
....
N
On Mon, 7 Oct
1996, NBP wrote:
>
> I have a weird problem. It seems that when I try to su to a user, any
> user, I get this:
>
> UX:su: ERROR: No shell
>
> The shell in question does exist and has proper perms:
> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 263664 Aug 1 1995 /sbin/csh
>
> root has the same shell and this acct works fine...
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> TIA,
> N
>
>
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> Kinetic Wave nina@kineticwave.com
> www.kineticwave.com
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