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Old 04-05-2012
Limit a user's login prompt upon logon
Hey

Am new to scripting in aix 5.3

I need to write a script to limit a user's logon prompt to an interactive menu based upon logon and nothing else.

Any ideas much appreciated.

Smilie
# 2  
Old 04-05-2012
Add a line to /etc/shells with the full path and name of your script and assign that script as new login shell to the user either by editing his record in /etc/passwd or by using smitty or with the chuser command.
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Old 04-05-2012
@cero thanks

this is what i want to achieve,i want a user at noc who logins to our db server to run a backup script not to access the shell or alternatively not to be able to run anything other than the above task.

ok i want to achieve an interactive menu like below on logon
1.start backup
2.end backup
3.quit

user will be prompted to enter an option on logon

any idea on aix 5.3
# 4  
Old 04-05-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by mills
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i want a user at noc who logins to our db server to run a backup script not to access the shell or alternatively not to be able to run anything other than the above task.
The steps in my post above handle this part.

Quote:
Originally Posted by mills
ok i want to achieve an interactive menu like below on logon
1.start backup
2.end backup
3.quit

user will be prompted to enter an option on logon

any idea on aix 5.3
For an interactive menu there is the select command or you display the menu and use the read command to accept user input. Also have a look at the trap command to prevent the user from interupting your script.
Have a look at the man-pages or search this site to get an idea how to implement this, then try to create the script. If you're stuck somewhere just ask and we will try to help.
# 5  
Old 04-05-2012
this is what i did
Code:
#!/bin/bash
# clear the screen
tput clear
# Move cursor to screen location X,Y (top left is 0,0)
tput cup 3 15
# Set a foreground colour using ANSI escape
tput setaf 3
echo "123 company."
tput sgr0
tput cup 5 17
# Set reverse video mode
tput rev
echo "M A I N - M E N U"
tput sgr0

tput cup 7 15
echo "1. User Management"
tput cup 8 15
echo "2. Service Management"
tput cup 9 15
echo "3. Process Management"
tput cup 10 15
echo "4. Backup"
# Set bold mode
tput bold
tput cup 12 15
read "Enter your choice [1-4] " choice

Any idea how i can set the trap and finally introduce an executable script


below is an extract from the menu

Code:
 M A I N - M E N U

               1. User Management
               2. Service Management
               3. Process Management
               4. Backup

               .profile[47]: read: no query process

but after this it proceeds to the prompt

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