X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4792795B.4010907@cygwin.com> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 17:27:39 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh interactive shell not working References: <4790b28b.1235640a.1f2e.7b29@mx.google.com> <001e01c859e0$a63dbf30$2e08a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> <47917438.0675480a.4944.ffff86bf@mx.google.com> In-Reply-To: <47917438.0675480a.4944.ffff86bf@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Kyle A. Dawson wrote: > I forgot to add the bash part. > So if I give it the option to run bash it works, I get a prompt. > > ssh myhost bash --login -i > > So why do I have to now give it the option to run bash? It should do that > automatically? To me, this suggests that you have a bashism in your /etc/profile or ~/.profile and that your login shell is not bash. Check your user's entry for /etc/passwd and change it to bash if you want bash. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/