NAME
vhe_altlog — login when Virtual Home Environment (VHE) home machine is not available
DESCRIPTION
vhe_altlog
is a shell script that permits a user to log in
when the home machine is not accessible through Virtual Home
Environment (VHE). This script is executed when a login
using the user name of
altlogin
is completed.
After the user logs in using the user login name
altlogin,
vhe_altlog
asks for a user name and password.
If these are valid, the user is logged in on the machine
and the home directory is a temporary directory such as
/tmp.
This provides user access to other machines in the group of VHE
nodes even though a home machine is not available.
A user entry for
altlogin
must be present in
/etc/passwd
for it to be a valid login name.
A typical entry resembles the following:
altlogin::6:1::/tmp:/usr/sbin/vhe/vhe_altlog
DIAGNOSTICS
If an invalid user name or password is supplied,
the attempted login is rejected.
AUTHOR
vhe_altlog
was developed by HP.
