Re: not getting command prompt

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On Mon, Jul 05, 2004 at 10:31:28 +0530, Bhaskar wrote:
> /etc/motd

This file contains the system message, which is printed on login.

> /etc/passwd

This file contains colon separated fields of user account information.
The seventh (and last) field of each line contains the program to be
executed on a successful login. If this is set to, for example,
/bin/false, it would have the described effect.

> /etc/nologin

Login prints "Login incorrect" and does not even prompt for the password
if a username from this list is entered.

> /etc/usertty

I don't know what that is.

> .hushlogin

This file prevents output of the system message.

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