Memory fault while logging

[Steve Hémond]

Hi everybody,

When logging using a specific user account on our HP-UX box, it doesn't give me the shell. If I telnet the server and login, it prints the motd, then it prints 'Memory fault' then disconnect automatically.

Did anyone has ever catched this error before?

Thanks!

Steve

[Pete Randall]

Steve,

Check this user's /etc/passwd entry, particularly the startup program to see if there's anything odd specified there. Also check this users home directory and it's contents for strange profile/startup script entries.


Pete

[Umapathy S]

Steve,
Check whether the user has a valid shell in /etc/passwd.

There may be some scripts/programs called by the users .profile which causes the memory fault. Is any core file generated. What does file core reports.

HTH,
Umapathy

[Elena Leontieva · Accepted solution]

Steve,

It could be a corrupt .sh_history file for that user. Delete it and touch a new one.

[Steve Hémond]

Thanks Elena, THAT was the problem.

I can log in smoothly now! :-)

But... how do you KNOW that? How can a .sh_history file give me that kind of error? I have edited that file before deleting it and it seems to be fine! ;-) How could someone think of that?

Thanks again,

Steve