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Subject: Server Process Manager (SPM)
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Date: 5 Oct 89 19:40:00 GMT
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Re: Server Process Manager (SPM)

We've a DSP90 to which a vt100-compatible is connected. We can
log into the server node by typing SH to get a 'login' prompt and
enter the user-id and passwd.
The strange thing is that the login process seems different from
the normal one, eg /etc/profile is not executed at all. I wonder
any body knows why?

Another strange thing is that some of our accounts can log in but some
just get kicked out after the welcome message appears on the screen.
After a few experiments, I found out that those accounts with
/bin/sh or /com/sh as the startup shell will be accepted,
and those with /bin/ksh just get rejected by SPM.
Any body who knows how to solve the problem?

Is there any other documentation about SPM besides the one found
in the sysadmin manuals?
(We're running SR10.1 with default SYSTYPE=BSD4.3)

--AnnKian Yeo
  Email:  YEOAK%NUSDISCS.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
  Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS)
  National University of Singapore (NUS)