topic Re: user login hangs in Operating System - HP-UX

user login hangs

simon_164 — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:20:33 GMT

Whenever i am using the user root and i switch to another user let's say prdadm, it hangs.
su - prdadm

then it hangs on TERM=(hp)

It will not switch the user unless i press enter.

Why is that? any idea how to fix it?

Re: user login hangs

Steven E. Protter — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 15:54:12 GMT

Shalom,

Try another TERM

TERM=hp generally only works with consoles. Try vt100 or vt220

SEP

Re: user login hangs

rariasn — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 03:54:56 GMT

Hi simon,

# export TERM=hpterm

Verify /etc/profile file,

Sample,

grep "read" /etc/profile"

rgs,

ran

Re: user login hangs

Darren Prior — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:23:35 GMT

Hi Simon,

Have a look at the user's .profile - it will have some scripting around the tset command which asks the user which TERM they wish to use.

You could always hardcode the TERM variable in the .profile instead.

regards,

Darren.

Re: user login hangs

Victor Fridyev — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:25:06 GMT

Hi,

You have in the users' .profile command called tset in the format which requires user's input.
Try to find and exclude it from there .

HTH

Re: user login hangs

simon_164 — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 09:37:48 GMT

The problem was with the .login file, it has a eval tset value without checking the TERM. I have removed this line and it works. the value for the TERM is setup in the .profile file.

Thanks a lot !!