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From: gary@sci34hub.UUCP (Gary Heston)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: rlogin and run a command etc
Message-ID: <842@sci34hub.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 16:54:59 GMT
References: <1141@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au>
Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
Organization: SCI Technology, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
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In article <1141@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au> nigel@cnw01.storesys.coles.oz.au (Nigel Harwood) writes:
> [ using rlogin ]
>The problem was that I cannot tell it to run a command as soon as
>it has logged in.

Change the userid entry in /etc/passwd so that it runs the command (your
COBOL menu, in this case) upon login instead of /bin/sh (or whichever).

For an example, look at the entry for nuucp--it automatically runs 
/usr/lib/uucico (unless someone's removed it for security reasons).

-- 
Gary Heston System Mismanager and technoflunky uunet!sci34hub!gary or
My opinions, not theirs.  SCI Systems, Inc.     gary@sci34hub.sci.com
  The sysadmin sees all, knows all, and doesn't tell the boss who's
  updating their resumes....  This .sig Copyright G. L. Heston, 1990


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