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Re: stty: : Not a typewriter

 
jitjose
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stty: : Not a typewriter

Hi Gurus,

 

We are facing an issue while running a control-m job in hp-ux. The control-m jobs logs in as teh controlm unix account and then does an su to the application account for running the job.

The job fails with the below error - 

 

login. STDERR -->>

stty: : Not a typewriter

Not a terminal

stty: : Not a typewriter

stty: : Not a typewriter

 

Please help in resolving this issue.

 

Thanks in advance

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Bill Hassell
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Re: stty: : Not a typewriter

The job is probably not failing due to the stty error messages.

However, the errors are caused by the archaic profiles that HP-UX has for user logins. They are designed ONLY for interactive use, not batch as in cron jobs or scripts. These programs (not a complete list) are only functional when there is a terminal connected:

 

stty
tset
ttytype
tset
tabs

 Here's a link with replacement /etc/profile and .profile listings that will skip interactive commands in batch mode:

 

http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Languages-and-Scripting/ttytype-couldn-t-open-dev-tty-for-reading-stty-Not-a-typewriter/m-p/6243891/highlight/true#M46518

 

 



Bill Hassell, sysadmin