UseLogin under AIX 4.3.3

[Ben Lindstrom]

This is under -current and under 3.0.2p1?

- Ben

On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, Manton, Doug wrote:

> Hi,
>
> If I enable "UseLogin" under AIX, I get the following message upon
> login:
>
>   /dev/pts/2: 3004-004 You must "exec" login from the lowest login
> shell.
>
> The manpage states:
>
> "In order to preserve the integrity of the system, only one session at a
> time is
> allowed to be logged in to a port. This means that the login command
> entered
> from the shell prompt cannot succeed, as both the original session and
> the new
> login session would be on the same port. However, the exec login command
> succeeds because a new shell replaces the current one. The login command
> is
> typically a built-in shell command, causing the shell to replace
> itself."
>
> Any ideas how I could fix this?  I wouldn't usually enable this option,
> but I am trying to PD a problem on a system that will not trust a user
> account that comes in via SSH and I am hoping that using login will
> solve the problem.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Doug Manton, AT&T Business Commercial Security
>
>