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su bash problems
Hi Guys, I've just setup a new ssh user using this guide
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=25327
When I logged in and tried some commands is was getting:
bash: ls: command not found
So I changed /etc/passwd sshd from /bin/false to /bin/bash , and that seemed to give my bash commands back? not sure why maybe someone could explain.
Now the problem is when I su to root I get the same problem.
Any ideas?
Is it something to do with this
http://idratherhack.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... en-su.html
In order to get git working I did the following
so on my ReadyNAS, I modified the .bashrc file to include /opt/rfw/bin:
readynas:~# cat .bashrc
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
PATH=:$PATH:/opt/rfw/bin
export PATH
export PS1='\h:\w\$ '
umask 022
http://geekswithblogs.net/EltonStoneman ... dynas.aspx
Would this have anything to do with it?
viewtopic.php?f=36&t=25327
When I logged in and tried some commands is was getting:
bash: ls: command not found
So I changed /etc/passwd sshd from /bin/false to /bin/bash , and that seemed to give my bash commands back? not sure why maybe someone could explain.
Now the problem is when I su to root I get the same problem.
Any ideas?
Is it something to do with this
http://idratherhack.blogspot.com/2011/0 ... en-su.html
In order to get git working I did the following
so on my ReadyNAS, I modified the .bashrc file to include /opt/rfw/bin:
readynas:~# cat .bashrc
# ~/.bashrc: executed by bash(1) for non-login shells.
PATH=:$PATH:/opt/rfw/bin
export PATH
export PS1='\h:\w\$ '
umask 022
http://geekswithblogs.net/EltonStoneman ... dynas.aspx
Would this have anything to do with it?
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- i also noticed in /etc/passwd root has this path
.:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
and my user has
:1007:100::/c/home/z:/bin/bash
related to the problem? - sshd has this path
::/var/local/:/bin/bash - Your /etc/passwd file is fine, I think. Is this on a x86 ReadyNAS (e.g. NVX/Ultra/Pro)? If so, the encrypted password is stored in /etc/shadow which would explain why you don't see the encrypted password in that file that you'd expect from looking at the Duo (v1)
As NetGear intends SSH access only to be used by the "root" user it's stripped out all the other stuff it sees as unnecessary to keep the firmware image as small as possible.
As for your su problem I don't know.
Have you considered editing /etc/sudoers and using sudo? - its the duo, the password is there I just didn't paste
- I'm just worried about closing my ssh session because as it stands with root access off, if i login as a user and su to root bash doesnt seem to work and all the commands I run when In su get a command not found
- Re-enable root access for now then. Is there a reason why you'd like to do it via "su" rather than simply using the root user with a strong password?
- because i'm accessing the nas from the web via ssh, and I guess it's just best practice to block root
- ok when i'm logged in as root i tried the following cmd
echo $PATH
/opt/rfw/bin:/opt/rfw/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
when logged in as a user i get
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games - ok found a solution, instead of using su you need to su -
the added dash changes your path, explained here
http://luckysite.biz/howto/how-fix-comm ... rror-linux
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