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Re: login problems [solved]
A list member suggested that I check /etc/hosts for corruption, and there
were ^Ms at the end of every line. When I upgraded the system I had ftp'd
some of the config files to a windows machine and must have transfered them
in binary mode.. 'Doh!
Thanks Sam!
-Wendell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wendell Schubert" <pincushion@webeworld.com>
To: <misc@openbsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: login problems
> I had asked this in a differnet way before, with no responses. I fixed
part
> of my problem, but part still remains.
>
> I recently upgraded from OBSD 2.7 to 2.8 (i386). Most everything works,
> except for the output of some commands when I'm logged in remotely (I can
> log in at the console and everything works as expected).
>
> When I SSH to the box things seem to work ok. I can move around the system
> and transfer files/run programs, etc, but the output of some commands is
> weird. When I do 'w' most of the output is blank. When I do 'who' a
> parenthesis replaces the first character of my login name in the output.
> When I do 'last' all of the usernames are blank - yet the console messages
> show names correctly (sshd reports logins correctly, xferlog shows
usernames
> correctly, etc.)
>
> I have no idea how to fix this - I have done a lot of searching through
the
> list archives and on the web, but not even sure what would be the right
> terms or phrases to search for. I have upgraded several machines (from 2.6
> to 2.8) without incident, so I know I'm capable :-)
>
> Should I reinstall the box, or is there just some config file that's
gotten
> tweaked?
>
> Here is the output from those commands when I'm ssh'd in as root:
>
> # w
> 12:56AM up 37 mins, 1 user, load averages: 0.12, 0.32, 0.23
> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
> 12:23AM 0 w
>
> # who
> )oot ttyp0 Feb 25 00:23 (mybox
>
> # last
> Sun Feb 25 00:23 still logged in
> Sun Feb 25 00:22 - 00:23 (00:00)
>
>
>
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