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alan@rsvl.unisys.com (Al Kiecker ) writes:

>I have discovered several "bugs" while porting the V.4.0 login command.

>	1. Both login.c and rcmd.c use malloc() but don't include stdlib.h
>	   This causes the C compiler to think that malloc returns a long int
>	   rather than a pointer.  (On most systems there is no substantial
>	   difference between these types.  On our system there is.)
>	
>	2. Upper-case only terminals may not be able to sign on unless they
>	   are connected via an RS232 line and you get the login/passwd right
>	   the first time you type it in.
>	
>	3. I havn't been able to get the "chroot" feature to work at all.  From
>	   the login(1) man page:
>		
>		"If [the command interpreter] field is *, then the named
>		directory becomes the root directory, the starting point for
>		path searches for path names beginning with a /.  At that point
>		login is re-executed at the new level which must have its own
>		root structure, including /var/adm/login and /etc/passwd."
>	  
>	   My version dies after it prints the message "Subsystem root: /root"
>	   and then attempts to find out what device he is on.  If anyone 
>	   has been able to make this work and has additional information, 
>	   please let me know.
The chroot-Option is a little bit tricky. Do you have the shared Library
in your new root-directory ? Otherwise every programm that needs the lib will
die.
I think the biggest problem is to get all the files together for the new
root.

Ihno

P.S.

If you have such a list, could please mail it to me ??
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