[solved] ssh will only login to /bin/bash

Question

I have a machine with a few users and an ssh server.
I would like to setup a user with rbash or nologin for the shell but if i do that, I can't ssh onto that user.
my /etc/passwd
zidar:x:1000:100:zidar:/home/zidar:/bin/bash
smotko:x:1001:1001::/home/smotko:/bin/rbash
now
ssh zidar@pc
su smotko #this works
# but this doesnt
ssh smotko@pc # works only if i change the passwd file back to /bin/bash
this is with my log for ssh with rbash
Dec 25 03:17:25 arch-dev sshd[636]: Failed password for smotko from 10.0.2.2 port 49075 ssh2
and same with bash
Dec 25 03:20:18 arch-dev sshd[678]: Accepted password for smotko from 10.0.2.2 port 49088 ssh2
and this is how ssh looks with anything other than /bin/bash in /etc/passwd
$ ssh smotko
smotko@pc's password:
Permission denied, please try again.
password is correct because i can use it locally
thank you for helping
Last edited by zidarsk8 (2014-03-14 14:59:17)

Answer 1

The Arch bash package doesn't actually have the /usr/bin/rbash command.  So not only is this not included in the /etc/shells file, but you are also trying to set the shell to something that doesn't actually exist.  See the RESTRICTED SHELL section of the bash man page. 
I think wat you are after might be achieveable by simply using 'set' in the given user's startup files.