From: cgf@cygnus.com (Christopher G. Faylor) Subject: Re: ssh: "you don't exist. go away" and others 21 May 1998 15:48:20 GMT Message-ID: <6k1ic4$2uc$1@cronkite.cygnus.com> References: <3.0.5.32.19980520140339.00929a30.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail.ra.pae.osd.mil> X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test63 (15 March 1998) In article <3.0.5.32.19980520140339.00929a30.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail.ra.pae.osd.mil>, Matthew Patton wrote: >I just so happened to figure out why I was getting this message. It's >because I didn't have an /etc/passwd file. So how come this isn't in the >"new users' guide" of things to do once installation is done? Patches are welcome. >Less says my terminal is not fully functional. What do others use for their >TERM variable? I have /etc/termcap symlinked to /usr/X11R6.3/etc/termcap. I >have a fair number of symlinks (/etc is itself a symlink). Is this a problem? Your TERM environment variable should be set to "linux". cgf -- cgf@cygnus.com "Everything has a boolean value, if you stand http://www.cygnus.com/ far enough away from it." -- Galena Alyson Canada