please help! -- F12: login disallowed upon changing shell from bash to tcsh
Phil Meyer
pmeyer at themeyerfarm.com
Fri Dec 18 20:17:22 UTC 2009
On 12/18/2009 11:56 AM, Globe Trotter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed F12 from the LXDE spin and it came up all right. However, upon changing my login shell from bash to tcsh, I can no longer log in using the graphical desktop. Specifically I get the message:
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> "Failed to execute login command"
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> After a day's worth of troubleshooting, I have tracked it down to changing the login shell from bash to tcsh. Any suggestions as to how i can have tcsh as well as be able to log in?
>
> Btw, I am using slim because I am using the LXDE spin.
>
> Any help is much appreciated!!
>
> Best wishes,
> T
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tcsh is no longer installed by default.
From the graphical login screen:
<CNTRL><ALT><F2>
Log in as root:
# yum install tcsh
#exit
<CNTRL><ALT><F1>
You should now be able to login.
Or use: System/Administration/Add-Remove Software
if you have another user available.
Good Luck!
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