The "Linux" kernel handles the scheduling/multitasking and all the I/O, and it knows what an UIDs/owner is.
But it does not know what a shell is, and does not know that a UID is stored in a passwd file.
Nevertheless the kernel handle many atomic operations. Its API towards userland is in man page section 2; in Linux you can list them with:
The userland is all the processes. The shell is a normal process. A lot userland code is stored in shared libraries, so the processes simply load the libraries and stay small. The ps -ef command also lists some kernel threads and assignes the PID 0, while the real processes in userland have PID 1 and higher.
The criteria interactive/non-interactive and login/non-login is a matter of the shell, or of the process that invokes it. You can read more of it in the man page
The invocation of a new process is done via a couple of the kernel API functions, basically fork() and exec().
Hello fellow *nix users!
I am a bit confused how could I get an environment of a "fresh/clean" login shell, that is, the environment at that moment when user has started e.g. a new terminal/console or so.
So this is the sequence of actions I should be able to do in a single shell session:
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Can anybody help me to write a shell script to login interactive system
once u open a connection using telnet it will ask for
USERCODE:
PASSWORD:
DOMAIN: (1 Reply)
Q. Write a script that behaves both in interactive and non interactive mode. When no arguments are supplied it picks up each C program from the directory and prints first 10 lines.
It then prompts for deletion of the file.
If user supplies arguments with the script , then it works on those files... (1 Reply)
I would like to practice shell scripting and need an environment - free shell account. I tried Arbornet and the freeshell.org. But both always give me error: "File operations disabled, server identity can't be verified". Any idea what I should do? thanks in advance. (9 Replies)
Hi Guys,
Excuse if am asking silly Que ... :rolleyes:
Please explain me whats difference between login and interactive shell in Linux .. Have googled but still in doubt .. :confused:
--Shirish Shukla (4 Replies)
Hi i need a c programm to login in unix(solaris).
non-interactivley because it seems difficult to do it with unix shell scripting and passwd command cant be used and also
i don't have expect installed and i am not allowed to installed expect in our servers.
is there any c programm that can help... (1 Reply)
Hello experts,
Is it possible to have an user account on RHEL 6.3 as a su-only account, but with ssh capability and no interactive login? Let me elaborate.
Say, we have a cluster of 5 RHEL 6.3 servers and an user account (strmadmin) on each of the server as an su-only... (1 Reply)
Hello all,
for security reasons my compagny imposes that my script be launch remotly via ssh under the users login shell.
So serverA launches the ssh command to serverB which has a local user with my script as a login shell.
Local script works like a charm on his own.
serverB$ grep... (20 Replies)
Hey folks,
When a user is added to a new group, the user has to be log out and log in again to make the new group effective. Is there any system command or technique to refresh user group ID update without re-login?
I am not talking about to use "login" or "su -l" commands which can only make... (2 Replies)
I am sorry for creating a new topic after my previous inquiry was closed, but I tried and tried and I do not know how to edit my previous post. This is not exactly any homework, this is one of 40 questions we were expected to prepare for one of the labs. I searched and read what I could and still... (4 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
chsh
CHSH(1) User Commands CHSH(1)NAME
chsh - change login shell
SYNOPSIS
chsh [options] [LOGIN]
DESCRIPTION
The chsh command changes the user login shell. This determines the name of the user's initial login command. A normal user may only change
the login shell for her own account; the superuser may change the login shell for any account.
OPTIONS
The options which apply to the chsh command are:
-h, --help
Display help message and exit.
-R, --root CHROOT_DIR
Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.
-s, --shell SHELL
The name of the user's new login shell. Setting this field to blank causes the system to select the default login shell.
If the -s option is not selected, chsh operates in an interactive fashion, prompting the user with the current login shell. Enter the new
value to change the shell, or leave the line blank to use the current one. The current shell is displayed between a pair of [ ] marks.
NOTE
The only restriction placed on the login shell is that the command name must be listed in /etc/shells, unless the invoker is the superuser,
and then any value may be added. An account with a restricted login shell may not change her login shell. For this reason, placing /bin/rsh
in /etc/shells is discouraged since accidentally changing to a restricted shell would prevent the user from ever changing her login shell
back to its original value.
FILES
/etc/passwd
User account information.
/etc/shells
List of valid login shells.
/etc/login.defs
Shadow password suite configuration.
SEE ALSO chfn(1), login.defs(5), passwd(5).
shadow-utils 4.5 01/25/2018 CHSH(1)