The error indicates, to me at least, that there is some kind of problem with the Bash shell executable. Have you confirmed that /bin/bash actually exists? Are the permissions of the executable set correctly? Here's how they look on an OL6 VM I have running: [root@12cR1EE ~]# ls -l /bin/bash -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 903272 Dec 19 2012 /bin/bash -Justin On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 5:31 AM, Ndidi Ibeachum <chinedui@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Gurus; > > I have a problem I stumbled upon and I am hoping you can direct me on a > fix even though this is a Linux question and sort of trivial. > > The Environment is Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 (x86-64). I am configuring > some Linux servers for an oracle installation. > > I noticed that after setting up the environments and user equivalence > using sshUserSetup.sh included in the 11.2.0.3 GI package, using ssh to > log on to another server succeeds but throws the following error after > login: > > *-bash: [/bin/bash: no such file or directory* > > This problem does not happen when I log on to any users shell normally, it > only does using ssh to another server. > I have checked the $PATH variables and /etc/profile, the .bash_profile for > all the users and all the servers. > I also tried loading the path variables in .bashrc. > I have created another user afresh and tested and it still gives the same > error. > > At a point I thought it was the "PermitUserEnvironment" directive in > sshd_config which was causing the problem and set it to "yes" but the > problem still persists. > > I am at a loss to where this problem is coming from. > Could it be an edit I made or something wrong elsewhere? > > Your keen eyes are needed. > > Thanks in advance. > >