Noob question about terminals

So I have a Gentoo instance running, and I SSH into it using Mac terminal.

I then fire up a second Mac terminal, SSH into the "box", login… and am presented with the screen contents of the first login session.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

sld

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That's interesting. What does "grep $yourusername /etc/passwd" say on the Linode?

Additionally, is there anything set in this box:

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in your profile's Preferences?~~

@jed:

That's interesting. What does "grep $yourusername /etc/passwd" say on the Linode?

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash

operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/bin/bash
> Additionally, is there anything set in this box:

in your profile's Preferences?

Nope.

This is a fresh Gentoo 2008 install.

Thanks for the reply,

-sld

your not ssh'ing to lish rather then your actual linode are you?

@Internat:

your not ssh'ing to lish rather then your actual linode are you?

Bingo! That was it.

Thanks much folks.

-sld

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