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Re: telnet session shell problem


On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:16:37PM -0800, chong weekong wrote:
> Hi:
> 
>    I installed cygwin and drived inted. But when I 
> logined my server by using "telnet", the display is
> totally different (ie. the 'xxxxx@xxx /xx' replaced
> by the funny color code, can not use arrow key to
> go back to previouse command). But if i double
> click the cygwin applcation icon and go inside cygwin,
> the display is correct (on the server). What's the
> problem? Can someone help? I am totally new to this
> area.

Take a look into your /etc/passwd file. You will find an entry
for you which has "/bin/sh" as your login shell. Substitute
/bin/sh by /bin/bash.

Corinna

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