[ic] interchange and debian unstable - startup problem

[Stefan Hornburg Racke]

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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