Re: bash:no job control in this shell

On Thu Mar 06 2003 at 23:24, "John" wrote:

> I recently ran oracles database configuration assistant unsuccessfully,
> the system halted and I had to reset.

An oracle tool did this to you?  Wow, that is *ugly*.

Remind me never to go near it.

> when redhat booted up I did not get a login prompt, I get
> 
> bash:no job control in this shell
> 
> the command prompt is sh-2.05# and if I sh-2.05# su - root, I get the
> root user prompt without supplying a password!  m'thinks this very
> strange.  Please advise.  Is this serious?

It could be very serious.  This is what happens when /etc/passwd
(and /etc/shadow) get destroyed.

Gohd knows what else it did... good luck with cleaning up the mess.

> Regards,
> john

Cheers
Tony