Commit ecda407a authored by Seth Vargo's avatar Seth Vargo

Merge pull request #1849 from mbrukman/docs-provisioners-shell-fix

Docs fixes for shell provisioner page
parents 212d5126 61c95732
......@@ -148,20 +148,20 @@ on reboot or in your shell script. For example, on Gentoo:
*My shell script doesn't work correctly on Ubuntu*
* On Ubuntu the /bin/sh shell is
* On Ubuntu, the `/bin/sh` shell is
[dash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian_Almquist_shell). If your script has
[bash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell\)) specific commands in it
[bash](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bash_(Unix_shell))-specific commands in it,
then put `#!/bin/bash` at the top of your script. Differences
between dash and bash can be found on the [DashAsBinSh](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DashAsBinSh) Ubuntu wiki page.
*My shell works when I login but fails with the shell provisioner*
* See the above tip. More than likely your login shell is using /bin/bash
while the provisioner is using /bin/sh.
* See the above tip. More than likely, your login shell is using `/bin/bash`
while the provisioner is using `/bin/sh`.
*My installs hang when using `apt-get` or `yum`*
* Make sure you add a "-y" to the command to prevent it from requiring
* Make sure you add a `-y` to the command to prevent it from requiring
user input before proceeding.
*How do I tell what my shell script is doing?*
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