Bash script as use shell not working with SSH

Question

I'm trying to use a specific bash script as a user shell. So that if the user logs in, the script will be executed.

I've created the script and placed it into the home directory for the specific user. I modified /etc/passwd to use the script as a shell for this user.

This works great if I'm login locally. But if I try to login over SSH, I get the following error:

/home/user/custom-shell: No such file or directory Connection to xyz closed. 

The path to this script is correct since I'm able to login locally and can see that the script will be executed.

I also tried to change the permission using chmod 777 custom-shell, but that didn't help either.

Do you have an idea what's the problem?

Answer 1

Add the script/program you wish to use for a shell to /etc/shells

Answer 2

can I see the line you entered to /etc/passwd as well as the script and it's permissions ? I've tested it locally and it works well:

[root@ops-tricks ~]# grep jdoe /etc/passwd jdoe:x:1010:1010::/home/jdoe:/home/jdoe/custom-shell [root@ops-tricks ~]# cat /home/jdoe/custom-shell #!/bin/bash echo "Custom Shell" [root@ops-tricks ~]# su - jdoe Custom Shell [root@ops-tricks ~]# ssh jdoe@localhost jdoe@localhost's password: Last login: Mon Sep 3 23:32:25 2018 Custom Shell Connection to localhost closed. [root@ops-tricks ~]# ls -l /home/jdoe/custom-shell -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 33 Sep 3 23:28 /home/jdoe/custom-shell 

Also , what distribution and version are you running ?