For those of us who are still newbies to linux, could you explain "a root shell running on the virtual machine console" ?
I have two linux systems running which after they complete their IPL present two different things on their vm console. TurboLinux gives me a prompt for the "root" password while SuSE prompts me for both a userid and password. Since both of these virtual machines are protected by VM's userid/password mechanisms (I still haven't seen any news about these being hacked), I would like to not be bothered with a linux userid/password on that virtual device. /Thomas Kern /(301)903-2211 -----Original Message----- From: Rick Troth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 10:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Managing Linux guests under z/VM For SHUTDOWN, one thing that helps is to have a root shell running on the virtual machine console. This would bypass Linux's sign-on mechanism, but presumes you are covered by VM's sign-on (which is true in this case). With that, you can code some REXX to do the CP SEND to initiate a shutdown on each Linux guest. Careful to use the case preserving interface to CP SEND, that is Diag(08,'SEND') rather than just 'CP SEND' in your EXECs.