Executing script/command after Telnet login

[jerry_barajas]

Hello Folks,

We have a server with HP-UX (HP-UX favc B.11.11 U 9000/800 146404690 unlimited-user license) that is used as a bridge to another server. It is very old.

this server operates as the following way:

• Any user must login using a telnet client.
• All users use Widnows as their OS.
• When any user logs in via telnet a menu appears. 
• This menu allow users to do some things such as connecting to another server, print some information, etc.

I'd like to replicate this configuration in another server, but I cannot find the way to do this. 

I've checked the '/etc/profile' file and the '.profile' for every user but I cannot find any reference to the telnet's behaviour.

Please point me to the right direction. Thanks for your time.

[Steven Schweda]

   I know nothing, and many things are possible, but...

> Any user must login using a telnet client.

   Does that mean that a connection made using rsh/remsh or ssh does not
lead to this menu program/script?

   If it _is_ Telnet-specific, then I'd look at /etc/inetd.conf to see
what gets run when a Telnet connection is attempted.

    In desperation, I might look at "ps" output to see what's running
when this menu thing is operating, and then start looking for _it_.

[Patrick Wallek]

I would check the default shell in /etc/passwd for the users.  It may be that the default shell is the menu system script rather than a real shell (like /usr/bin/sh, /usr/bin/csh, etc.).

[Steven Schweda]

> I would check the default shell in /etc/passwd for the users. [...]

   Or that. Step one is to determine (or reveal) whether the key fact
is Telnet, or a particular set of users, or what.

[RenatoMartini]

Probably the menu application is a simple shell script, that is loaded through the passwd file (as said), check out it, it will pointed to the script filename...

[uxbeginner22]

Telnetd (configured by inted.conf on hpux) is calling an alternative login program(a script)

On linux i have this line,check for similar on your hpux server

telnet  stream  tcp     nowait  root    /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.telnetd -L /usr/local/bin/alternative.sh