Cannot exec /bin/false: no such file or directory
Have a look in your shell initialisation scripts for bash
, or the screen
config file, and see if there's anywhere false
is being used with the explicit path /bin/false
.
On macOS, the false
utility is located in /usr/bin
, not in /bin
.
Failing that, see if your login shell for some odd reason is set to /bin/false
, either by inspecting /etc/passwd
or looking at the "Advanced Options" in the "User & Groups" section of the System Preferences (you get these by right-clicking on your user in the list of user accounts, and you may change the shell here too). Someone may have unthinkingly followed a tutorial/HOWTO which sets up a user with /bin/false
as their default shell.
When you run screen
with sudo
you use root
's shell/screen init files. This is why that works.
Go to preferences on Terminal and then go to general,then under 'Shell open with' select Command and type bash -l