We have a program that we use to perform some "housekeeping" functions before
users enter their /bin/csh shell. Their /etc/passwd entry points to this
program which execs /bin/csh after it's finished doing its housekeeping stuff.
It works fine on ULTRIX but when we tried it on OSF/1 V2.0 /bin/csh executes
but doens't run the .login script. /bin/csh apparently isn't executing in
"interactive" mode. What do we need to change to make it execute csh in
interactive mode?
The following C code fragment calls /bin/csh:
strcpy(argv[0],"-");
ipoint = envp;
do {
if (strstr(*ipoint,"SHELL="))
{
strcpy(*ipoint,"SHELL=/bin/csh"); break;
}
} while (*++ipoint);
execve("/bin/csh", argv, envp);
I assume it has something to do with the "-" but I'm not sure how it wants me
to pass it.
Thanks in advance
Rich Siegel
siegelr_at_teleport.com
Received on Wed Mar 01 1995 - 23:04:17 NZDT