HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 1 User Commands A-M (vol 1)

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login(1) login(1)
Login incorrect
User name and password cannot be matched.
No /usr/bin/login or /etc/login on root
Attempted to log in to a subdirectory root that does not have a subroot login command. That is, the
passwd file entry had shell path
*, but the system cannot find a login command under the given
home directory.
No directory
Consult system administrator.
No Root Directory
Attempted to log in to a subdirectory root that does not exist. That is, the
passwd file entry had
shell path
*, but the system cannot
chroot() to the given home directory.
No shell
The user shell (/usr/bin/sh if shell name is null in
/etc/passwd ) could not be started with the
exec command. Consult system administrator.
No utmp entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh"
Attempted to execute login as a command without using the shell’s exec internal command or
from other than the initial shell. The current shell is terminated.
Remuser too long
The indicated string was too long for login’s internal buffer.
Terminal type too long
The indicated string was too long for login’s internal buffer.
Unable to change to directory name
Cannot chdir to the user’s home directory.
Your password has expired. Choose a new one
Password aging is enabled and the user’s password has expired.
WARNINGS
If /etc/group is linked to /etc/logingroup
, and group membership for the user trying to log in is
managed by the Network Information Service (NIS), and no NIS server is able to respond,
login
waits
until a server does respond.
HP-UX 11i Version 3 is the last release to support trusted systems functionality.
DEPENDENCIES
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
PAM is an Open Group standard for user authentication, password modification, and validation of accounts.
In particular,
pam_authenticate() is invoked to perform all functions related to login. This
includes retrieving the password, validating the account, and displaying error messages.
pam_chauthtok() is invoked during password expiration or establishment.
HP Process Resource Manager
If the optional HP Process Resource Manager (PRM) software is installed and configured, the login shell is
launched in the user’s initial process resource group. If the user’s initial group is not defined, the shell runs
in the user default group (PRMID=1). See prmconfig(1) for a description of how to configure HP PRM, and
prmconf(4) for a description of how the user’s initial process resource group is determined.
AUTHOR
login was developed by AT&T and HP.
FILES
$HOME/.profile Personal profile (individual user initialization)
$HOME/.rhosts Personal equivalence file for the remote login server.
HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007 − 4 − Hewlett-Packard Company 591