exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) (06/11/90)
I'm looking for the source for a (any) public domain functional replacement for /etc/login. We are working on a service on a Sun whereby users will be tipped directly (possibly anonymously and without requiring a login sequence) into an on-line service based on the transport subaddress which they have called, using standard handles in Sun's X25/X29 software. Problem is, the Sun stuff completely bypasses /etc/login, and so various things which should be done don't get done. (In particular, users do not show up to 'who' and are not warned by 'wall'.) So, we want to produce a wrapper which will do (most of) the standard login stuff before letting the user in. We were too mean to get a source license, so I can't simply hack up Sun's source. Similarly, for licensing reasons, I don't want a bootleg of any manufacturer's stuff. Anyone got a 'public' such thing they could share with me? (rlogin from vol 4 of the Unix archives sounds like it might do, but the archives available to me on this side of the pond don't go back far enough. I can't, or at least haven't discovered how to, get at non-UK archive sites.) Failing that, anyone got a good and complete description of the various things which login sets up on the way in? TFM doesn't -- at least my FM, unless it's hidden in a particularly obscure place. Or, a pointer to a book I'd be likely to be able to find? Mail directly to me would probably be best -- I doubt this is of general interest. Also, if you have such a beast you could mail me, it would probably be a good idea to mail me an offer of it first -- so as not to clog the net with millions of copies of a source file if there are lots of offers. Thanks... -- Paul Smee, Computing Service, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UD, UK P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk - ..!uunet!ukc!bsmail!p.smee - Tel +44 272 303132
exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) (06/13/90)
In article <1990Jun11.105027.16511@gdr.bath.ac.uk> P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee) writes: >I'm looking for the source for a (any) public domain functional >replacement for /etc/login... I've had lots of offers of assistance now, so don't need any more (just to save bandwidth). I'm going to try to respond to everyone individually, but to cover the inevitable mail-bounces, thanks to everyone who has answered, or who would have if they hadn't seen this first. Far as taking the offers up, in the interests of minimizing the worldwide sigma-work, I'm going to try things I can drive totally from this end first, followed if necessary by nearest-site-first acceptances of offers. Thanks again, everyone. Cheers... -- Paul Smee, Computing Service, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UD, UK P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk - ..!uunet!ukc!bsmail!p.smee - Tel +44 272 303132