James, Go to http://reason.marist.edu/patches/bootshell-1.3.cc for the source. The instructions on how to compile it are very simple: g++ bootshell.cc -o /sbin/bootshell
Then edit /etc/inittab and replace 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/sulogin /dev/console with 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/bootshell Then, insert a CP SET SECUSER <ACCOUNT> command in the guest's PROFILE EXEC to authorize an account that may use CP SEND to issue the halt command. (#CP SEND linux390id HALT) Make sure the SECUSER is your VM automation VSM. Update your VM automation to send the halt command to all your Linux/390 guests as needed. Re-IPL your Linux/390 system. (To avoid the IPL, you could use the hcp command by Neale Ferguson to issue the SET SECUSER command, and put that in a startup script so it won't be lost the next time you re-IPL your system.) The bootshell program will then "sit" on the VM console waiting for either a halt command, or a "login" command to allow login to the console. The halt command can come from either the SECUSER, or the real console. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: James Melin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Use of REXEC or RSH? Peter Webb: Could you detail exactly how you do this? I've never heart of that bootshell.
