Setup of the s390-tools package

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For the Linux™ instance of the terminal server, you need several components from the s390-tools package.

If the s390-tools package is not included in your distribution, you can obtain it from www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/linux390/s390-tools.html. Version 1.30 corresponds to kernel 4.0.

Installing the s390-tools package:

  • Creates a directory /etc/iucvterm with configuration files for ts-shell
  • Installs the iucvconn program
  • Installs ts-shell
  • Makes a copy of the iucvconn_on_login script available to you

If you install the s390-tools package as an RPM, the installation process might also:

  • Make ts-shell an eligible login shell by adding it to /etc/shells
  • Create a user group ts-shell
  • Make the configuration files in /etc/iucvterm writable for user root and readable for the ts-shell user group
  • Create a directory /var/log/ts-shell for session transcripts
  • Make /var/log/ts-shell writable for the ts-shell user group and for user root