FSUM2394
The start of the session was not recorded. The recording program could not be invoked. Function = execve(), program name = 'string', terminal name = 'string', return value = number, errno = number (X'hexnum'), reason code = hexnum, message = 'string'

Explanation

OMVS could not invoke the login recording program named in the error message. The start of the shell session could not be recorded in the /etc/utmpx file. This error did not prevent the session from starting.

Because the start of the shell session was not recorded in the /etc/utmpx file, certain shell commands may show that the user is not logged on. This problem clears up when the next user logs on to the shell using the same pseudo-TTY this user had.

In the message text:
program name = 'string'
The name of the login recording program that could not be invoked.
terminal name = 'string'
The name of the pseudo-TTY that was being used when this error occurred.
return value = number
The return value reported by the system for this error.
errno = number (X'hexnum')
The errno value returned by the system for this error. For more information about this errno value, see z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference. If errno = 0, no errno information is available from the system for this error.
reason code = hexnum
The reason code returned by the system for this error. For more information about this reason code, see z/OS UNIX System Services Programming: Assembler Callable Services Reference.
message = 'string'
A system error message that describes this error as reported by errno. If errno = 0, this message is not meaningful.

System programmer response

For more information on the errno and reason code values displayed in this message, see z/OS UNIX System Services Programming: Assembler Callable Services Reference and z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference.

Check that the login recording program named in the error message is installed properly. Make sure that this program file has the execute permissions set properly so this user ID can run it. Also make sure that the SETUID flag is set in the directory entry for this program.

User response

Provide the system programmer with this message number and any variable information displayed in the message.