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Article #624Re: weird bug with passwd and /dev/syscon
From: John Pettitt
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 19:32
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1987 19:32
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In article <298@boole.acc.virginia.edu> ejc@boole.acc.virginia.edu (Elizabeth Cummings) writes: > We noticed the following bug the other day with some of our 3b2's. >When /dev/syscon is linked to a tty line, say tty11, you can't run the >passwd command on that tty line without giving passwd an argument. This >caused major problems for people with new accounts ( we put ",.." in the >password field of all new accounts) and these people were unable to log in >on tty11. ",.." in /etc/passwd ! I hope you dont allow dial'ins now you have told the world ! The /dev/syscon problem also shows up on our V.3/386 system (Interactive Systems 386ix). We set the default prompt to 'nodename!userid ' in /etc/profile. When we had /dev/syscon linked to /dev/vt01 'who am i' failed to return anything although 'tty' and 'id' and who -a all worked. Is this a bug or a feature and if it is a feature what is going on ? -- John Pettitt G6KCQ, CIX jpettitt, Voice +44 1 398 9422 UUCP: ...uunet!mcvax!ukc!pyrltd!slxsys!jpp (jpp@slxsys.co.uk) Disclaimer: I don't even own a cat to share my views !
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!ukc!stc!datlog!slxsys!jpp From: jpp@slxsys.co.uk (John Pettitt) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5 Subject: Re: weird bug with passwd and /dev/syscon Message-ID: <260@slxsys.co.uk> Date: Fri, 23-Oct-87 14:32:55 EST Article-I.D.: slxsys.260 Posted: Fri Oct 23 14:32:55 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 27-Oct-87 01:10:11 EST References: <298@boole.acc.virginia.edu> Reply-To: jpp@slxsys.UUCP (John Pettitt) Organization: Specialix Systems, London, UK Lines: 25