logout command doesn't work on Aix 6

[Murnau]

Does someone encountered issue like described in Subject.

Thank you in advance.

[Michael]

Way way back when - logout was a built-in for the csh.

I have always used either ctrl-d, or exit as the way to leave a shell.

So, I guess first we need to hear which shell are you using.

[Murnau]

Shell: /usr/bin/ksh

During logout from ssh session, I encountered :
$ logout
3004-064 You must be the login user.

$ oslevel -s
6100-01-02-0834

$ type logout
logout is /usr/bin/logout

$ lslpp -w /usr/bin/logout
  File                                        Fileset               Type
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  /usr/bin/logout                             bos.rte.security      File

Thank you in advance.

[Michael]

Well, using ssh on AIX 5.3 I get the same response.

However, using telnet it works as expected.

I used to build openssh myself, but currently use the openssh provided by IBM.

Seems that sshd does not start the session the same way telnetd does. The solution will lie in an examination of how sshd initiates the initial shell compared to telnetd.

I guess you could make exit an alias for logout. exit works fine

michael@x054:[/home/michael]type exit
exit is a shell builtin.

[van den berg]

looks like this now works in 6100-03-01-0921