[XCSSA] Pecular bash login problem

[xcssa@xcssa.org]

That was the first thing I did, I moved the .bash* files to /tmp and
retried the login. I'll try the grep for id.

On 5/17/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> Can't hurt to rename .bash_profile to .bash_profile_ignore or something
> and see if the symptoms change.  You could also rename .bashrc
> .bashrc_ignore... what other login files are user-specific?
>
> It sounds like the .bashrc file is not part of the problem.
>
> I would also grep for 'id' in ALL files in the user's home directory and
> see which files might have 'id' surrounded by spaces or something else
> that would allow it to be parsed as if it is a command (i.e. bash: id:
> command not found).
> -Kevin
>
>
> xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> > Yes. At first I thought it was a $PATH issue so I added the /bin,
> > /usr/bin, /usr/sbin to his path, but that didn't work.
> >
> > # .bash_profile
> >
> > # Get the aliases and functions
> > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> >        . ~/.bashrc
> > fi
> >
> > # User specific environment and startup programs
> >
> > PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin
> >
> > export PATH
> > unset USERNAME
> >
> >
> > On 5/17/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> >> Does this user have a ~/.bash_profile file?
> >> -Kevin
> >>
> >> xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> >> > The env shows the users .bashrc environment variables after logging
> >> > in. It seems like when they log in nothing is being parsed until after
> >> > logging in. As for Bruce's statement about /etc/profile, the thing is,
> >> > if that file is bad wouldn't I expect this logging problem for all
> >> > users?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 5/17/06, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org <xcssa-admin@xcssa.org> wrote:
> >> >> 1. What does the "env" command show you upon logging in?
> >> >>   (or is the login itself actually failing?
> >> >>    if so: are there any clues in /var/log/?
> >> >>           can they scp?
> >> >>           is rlogin/ftp/telnet available?
> >> >>      i.e. does it matter what program is being used for the login?)
> >> >> 2. After you login can you source the .bashrc file without errors?
> >> >> 3. What does the "env" command show you after sourcing .bashrc?
> >> >>
> >> >> Wierd.
> >> >>
> >> >> My .02,
> >> >> -Kevin
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 17:09 -0500, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> >> >> > I think I have stumbled on the strangest login error. Out of
> >> 100s of
> >> >> > users, I have one user that has this problem. When they try to SSH
> >> >> > into the main computer they get this error:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: [: =: unary operator expected
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: dircolors: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: grep: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: grep: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: [: =: unary operator expected
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: id: command not found
> >> >> > -bash: [: too many arguments
> >> >> >
> >> >> > At first I thought it was a bad .bashrc or .bash_profile file so I
> >> >> > moved everything .bash, .csh, .profile to a temp directory and
> >> tried
> >> >> > to ssh in, same problem. I have now tracked it down to the first 3
> >> >> > lines come from /etc/bashrc, the rest come from profile.d files in
> >> >> > /etc/profile.d. I would suspect that if those were corrupt or
> >> wrong,
> >> >> > all of my users would experience this problem.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > One other thing, their home directory is NFS mounted from their
> >> >> > workstation. I have another user with the exact setup (NFS'ed home)
> >> >> > that I setup this morning thinking he would have the same
> >> problem too
> >> >> > (maybe something with NFS), but nope, his ssh sessions work just
> >> fine.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Any ideas guys/gals?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > System - CentOS 4.2
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >>
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