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List:       aix-l
Subject:    Re: home directory
From:       Bruce Harvey <BruceH () ROUTESCAPE ! COM>
Date:       2002-04-26 19:37:25
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So long as you don't have processes like uucp designed to connect via logins
whose home directory doesn't follow the pattern of /home/$LOGNAME ... better
create some /home directories if you do have them.

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Bruce T. Harvey, Special Projects -- Insight/COAXIS
IBM Certified:  AIX 4.3 Systems Support
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miller, Tammy [mailto:MillerT1@DIEBOLD.COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 3:10 PM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: [aix-l] home directory
>
>
> I used /home/$LOGNAME to test for & it worked. Thanks!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Baker, Sanchia [mailto:Sanchia.B.Baker@ACCENTURE.COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:32 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: home directory
>
>
> Try using ${LOGNAME}
>
> Sanchia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jolet, John [mailto:John.Jolet@MISYSHEALTHCARE.COM]
> Sent: 26 April 2002 14:48
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: home directory
>
>
> I was trying to do the same thing....never could figure it
> out...You could
> try changing the initial program setting to run a script that
> YOU write that
> checks for /home/$USER.  The problem is that USER isn't set
> at the time
> /etc/profile is run....it seems to get set between that and
> ~/.profile.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miller, Tammy [mailto:MillerT1@DIEBOLD.COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:36 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: home directory
>
>
> I would like to set up something so if you do not have a home
> directory on a
> server you cannot login.  On our HP servers I just put an if
> statement in
> /etc/profile & it works great.  I tried this on AIX 4.3.3 &
> It just logs me
> in under /home/guest.  Does anyone how I could accomplish this on AIX?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tammy Miller
> 9-85
> Diebold, Inc.
> (330)490-6629
> millert1@diebold.com
>
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