shserv(1M)

shserv -- provide the shell service as part of the login process

Synopsis

shserv

Description

The shserv command sets up the basic environment, changes directories to the user's home directory, and executes the user's shell. shserv is invoked by the port monitor (ttymon) through an entry in the _pmtab file; see ttymon(1M) and pmadm(1M). The home directory, shell, and environment variables are provided to the command by the port monitor via a STREAM module.

Note that this command cannot be run from the command line.

Files

/etc/security/ia/master
/etc/saf/ttymon[1-9]/_pmtab

Exit codes

shserv provides the user's shell on success. On failure shserv exits with the value of 1 and one of the following messages:

failed retava in shserv
failed getava of SHELL
failed getava of HOMEDIR
unable to change directory to user's home directory

References

login(1), pmadm(1M), ttymon(1M)