Re: auto-signon

[Scott Klement <tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bart,

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with Raspberry Pi at all.  But, I can 
tell you that if you wanted to do auto sign-on in a Linux system, you'd 
create a config file (rc file.)

This could be a per-user file in $HOME/.tn5250rc

Or, it could be in the global location of /etc/tn5250rc or 
/usr/local/etc/tn5250rc (depending on whether your platform usually uses 
/etc or /usr/local/etc for it's config files)

In the file you'd do something like:

myprofile {
   host = yoursystem.example.com
   env.USER=YOUR-USERID
   env.IBMSUBSPW=YOURPASSWORD
}

Then you'd invoke tn5250 like this:

tn5250 myprofile

And it will send the userid/password from that profile and automatically 
sign the user in.  There are additional variables that can be sent along 
with that:

env.IBMCURLIB=yourlib
env.IBMIMENU=yourmenu
env.IBMPROGRAM=yourprogram

Of course, some system administrators will disable the ability to use 
these variables (on the server-side) for security purposes, so you'll 
have to find out if these are allowed.

To learn about more of the options available, you might want to take a 
look at the man page for tn5250 that should've been installed along with 
the emulator.

Hope that helps...


On 3/3/2015 1:45 PM, Bart Hoen wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> basically auto-signon is what I'm looking for right now, yes. While I'm at it I would like to explore other options as well though.
> I'm running a raspbian (debian wheezy) on a raspberry pi
> Bart
>
>
> > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:25:04 -0600
> > From: tn5250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: linux5250@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [LINUX5250] auto-signon
> >
> > hi Bart,
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of the HOWTO.  Maybe James Rich has
> > one?
> >
> > Are you just looking to auto-signon?  This can be done easily by setting
> > up some appropriate settings in the RC file. What operating system are
> > you running tn5250 on?
> >
> > -SK
> >
> >
> > On 3/3/2015 12:47 PM, Bart Hoen wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I am looking for a way to configure tn5250 to auto-signon on my RPi but cannot find a copy of the pdf file HOWTO ?
> > > Is it possible to obtain a pdf copy by mail ?
> > > Thanks,Bart 		 	   		
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