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Article #1136Re: Need help with DEC WINDOWS on DEC 3100 stations
From: Ian! D. Allen [CGL]
Date: Thu, 03 May 1990 15:31
Date: Thu, 03 May 1990 15:31
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>The problem is that whenever a person tries to log into the >client stations the DecWindows accepts the login and the password >and then seems to time out and return the login prompt. After >several tries (random number but usaly more than 5-6 tries) >it eventualy will allow a person to log into the system. I had this problem running DECwindows on a vs2000 with not much memory. The code for /bin/login is broken. The source we have shows someone put a setbuffer() call in the wrong place, causing the passwd to be read into a buffer that is then thrown away if the timing is right, which it seems to be on slow machines. Try this: type the login name, and then type the <CR> and the passwd and <CR> as fast as you can. If you get it done inside of the time allowed by an alarm(1) call (up to 1 second), you'll get on. My 3.1 source isn't on-line at the moment, so I can't be more specific about the problem. -- -IAN! (Ian! D. Allen) idallen@watcgl.uwaterloo.ca idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu [129.97.128.64] Computer Graphics Lab/University of Waterloo/Ontario/Canada
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watcgl!idallen From: idallen@watcgl.waterloo.edu (Ian! D. Allen [CGL]) Subject: Re: Need help with DEC WINDOWS on DEC 3100 stations Message-ID: <1990May3.153107.8529@watcgl.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Waterloo References: <1990May3.125502.14015@ecn.purdue.edu> Distribution: na Date: Thu, 3 May 90 15:31:07 GMT Lines: 18