Similar name accounts + inetd dying

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From: Brent Paddon
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 00:00

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Hi all.......

Something I have noticed recently on my system is that when there are two 
accounts with a similar name, when you change the password on one of them,
the other one's password (and UID) gets changed too......

For example, I have two accounts, one "bradmck" and the other "brad", when
I created "brad", all was OK - for a while, until bradmck wanted to know
why he could not log in anymore..... 

Does anyone know anything about the problem ??????????

Also, my inetd dies every week or so, is there any reason people may know
for this to happen, and is there a better way to check & restart than
a script & cron job????

H/W : DX2-66 20Mb RAM...
Kernel : 1.2.13
Installed off Slackware Sept CD's.

Thanks
Brent

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From: brentp@bit.net.au (Brent Paddon)
Subject: Similar name accounts + inetd dying
Date: 1996/03/08
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