Re: Run app on login

[Jim Bayer <kc9aop@yahoo.com>]

Curt,

You will also need to change /etc/shells to include the new login script or the "radio" user may 
not be able to log in.  It will not be able to ftp for certain.
 
'73
 
Jim - KC9AOP


Curt Mills <archer@eskimo.com> wrote:On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Bud Rogers wrote:

> On Saturday 13 November 2004 20:47, Chuck Hast wrote:
> > Folks,
> > I am trying to figure out how to have a particular application start
> > up when a user logs in with a specified login.
> > Example,
> > User logs in with "radio" password "hamradio"
> > Instead of bringing up a prompt, I want a login of radio to start up
> > a special application. I am sure that Linux can do it, just not quite
> > sure how to do so.
>
> Anything you put in a user's .bashrc or .bash_profile will be run
> whenever that user logs in. You can have it set up things in your
> environment, or run certain commands. Man bash will give you the
> details.

Another method is to create a special user "radio" and make the
shell for that user be the application you want to run. When the
application is exited the person is logged out. The shell is the
last entry on the line in the /etc/passwd file. Change from
"/bin/bash" to the path/filename of the executable.

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