[1528] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Linux/Athena login ignores/deletes empty home dir
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Nov 18 18:08:33 1996
To: Eliot Frank <eliot@LEES-RIF.MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, linux-help@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 18 Nov 1996 18:06:04 -0500
In-Reply-To: Eliot Frank's message of Fri, 15 Nov 96 19:03:39 EST
Eliot Frank <eliot@LEES-RIF.MIT.EDU> writes:
[snip]
> Is the above behavior normal? Why would a directory ever get deleted
> when logging in?
Yes, this is normal behavior.. It is left in as history from when
homedirs where NFS mountpoints. It is assumed that you have at least
a .cshrc in your homedir, and if you don't Login things it's a turd
from a failed NFS unmount. Basically it tries to remove your homedir
via rmdir(). If it succeeds, it concluded it was a turd. If it
fails, it assumes you have a local homedir.
So, keep something in your homedir, like a .cshrc or .bashrc file!
> Another question: Where is the source for /bin/athena/login? Can it
> be recompiled using shadow files as is done on the Athena SUN workstations?
/mit/sipb-athena/src/login/Linux. I do not believe it has support for
shadow passwords. However, in the future we'd like to use PAM for
Athena login support... Once that happens we wont replace RedHat's
login anymore.
> -Eliot (ehfrank@mit)
>
-derek
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