On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Jonathan Ryshpan <jonrysh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2011-11-15 at 21:27 +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:54:54 -0800, JR (Jonathan) wrote: >> >> > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2011-15725 >> > > >> > > Read through the comments. >> > >> > What *should* be in /etc/shells (by default)? Reading the comments >> > gives many examples of bad /etc/shells but no example of a good one. >> >> Then you've read the comments not carefully enough. >> >> The /etc/shells file belongs to the "setup" package and is >> modified by shell packages when those are installed/erased. >> Therefore you may need to reinstall _any_ shell package on your >> system, such as "bash", for it to modify /etc/shells again as a fix. > > Not quite correct. What I didn't read was "$ man shells". For my > system I believe it should be: > $ cat /etc/shells > /bin/sh > /bin/bash > /sbin/nologin > /bin/dash > and I have edited it to be so. Much easier than reinstalling all my > shells, particularly since I'll need a shell to do it. > > Thanks to all - jon This happened after a recent update to bash - the simplest solution is to do as root: yum reinstall bash It only takes a second or two and then /etc/shells will be back to normal. -- mike c -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
