Re: AIX $SHELL variable and Fourgen Screens

At 07:52 PM 12/15/94 GMT, Steve Morrow wrote: > >Our solution was just to assign the program name to the $SHELL variable >(ie, make the program the login shell). This works fine when the first >screen is called (which is an "application log-in" screen). The user signs >on and boom--they're there. > Steve - We have done something similar. Instead of setting $SHELL, set the user with a valid shell, but in the .profile, insert 'exec [program name]' This will execute the program, within their environment, but not allow access to shell (unless you allow). Once the program is over, the user is logged out. Jon ================================================================== Jon Vemo Internet: jvemo@cyberspace.com Bothell, WA USA ------------------------------------------------------------------ Watch out for road-kill on the information superhighway....SPLAT!! ==================================================================