SSH/PAM login issue with fresh install: edit wiki or raise bug?

Question

I recently encountered an issue while setting up Arch on a headless server, and was wondering if I did something stupid, the documentation should be improved or I found a bug.
The problem was that after adding a new non-root user, I couldn't SSH into that user account. I could still login to root via SSH fine. After some research and playing around I found I was able to login by setting UsePAM to no in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. I later realised that this was because I set the login shell for this account to /usr/bin/bash, and not /bin/bash. The problem is that currently /usr/bin/bash is not in /etc/shells, and the default /etc/ssh/sshd_config sets UsePAM to yes.
As this is a new default install, and I followed the wiki during the install, I feel that this should have been documented somewhere. I don't mind changing the wiki or reporting this as a bug, just I'm not sure which is the correct course of action:
1. Should I have known to use /bin/bash and not /usr/bin/bash, i.e. the login shell needs to be in /etc/shells? => edit the wiki [1]
2. Should /usr/bin/bash be in /etc/shells? => raise a bug against filesystem [2]
Related:
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Gr … management
[2] https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit … unk/shells
[3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/35724
[4] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166464
Last edited by quigybo (2013-11-02 17:34:42)

Answer 1

The wiki should be changed. /bin/bash is the correct entry in the list of shells.
I cannot, however, remember off hand in which context this came up. I just remember this was the developers' response. So I can't point you to evidence to confirm even though I do know that is the correct answer.
EDIT: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33677
https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33694
Last edited by cfr (2013-11-03 03:56:49)