Basic scenario

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The basic scenario shows how to set up a ts-shell user on the terminal server with access to three terminal devices on the target system.
This basic scenario assumes:
  • A z/VM® guest virtual machine TERMSRV1 is set up as a terminal server. In particular:
    • Linux™ with the s390-tools package is installed.
    • ts-shell is listed in /etc/shells.
    • A user group ts-shell is in place.
    • The directory entry for the terminal server includes the IUCV ANY statement that permits IUCV connections to any other z/VM virtual machine within the z/VM instance.
  • A z/VM guest virtual machine LXGUEST1 is set up on the same z/VM instance. In particular:
    • Linux with the s390-tools package is installed
    • The Linux distribution uses inittab.

The steps in the scenario show how to set up a ts-shell user alice on the terminal server. This user is to have access to three terminal devices on the target system: an iucvtty instance lxterm1 and two HVC terminal devices hvc0 and hvc1 (see #basic__fig_scen_basic).

Figure 1. Basic scenario

This graphic is a visual summary of the basic scenario assumptions that are listed in the preceding text