Hi all,
I 've put a small script in /etc/profile and when trying to
login as it throws up the error that says

"0403-059 There cannot be more than 9 levels of recursion"

But when i try to login as somebody else , the session just hangs up.
what might be the reason?
Is there a work around / patch / kernel parameter that sets it to a
higher value?

More details:
My script is something like:
</script start>

#!/bin/sh
syb="a very large string"
echo $syb | grep $string
.. xyz.sh
.. hello.sh
.. lmn.sh

# Please note the "." before the execution of the other scripts. Aso
xyz.sh also executes
# some other script with a "."

</script end>

In the earlier post.
When i try to login as root , i get the error.
But when i login as somebody else (also a root equivalent) the session
hangs.

Thanks in advance for all the replies

Ravindra wrote:
> Hi all,
> I 've put a small script in /etc/profile and when trying to
> login as it throws up the error that says
>
> "0403-059 There cannot be more than 9 levels of recursion"

Probably because your script is calling itself indirectly.

>
> But when i try to login as somebody else , the session just hangs up.
> what might be the reason?
> Is there a work around / patch / kernel parameter that sets it to a
> higher value?
>
> More details:
> My script is something like:
> </script start>
>
> #!/bin/sh
> syb="a very large string"
> echo $syb | grep $string
> . xyz.sh
> . hello.sh
> . lmn.sh
>
> # Please note the "." before the execution of the other scripts. Aso
> xyz.sh also executes
> # some other script with a "."
>
> </script end>
>