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Article #5530Re: more Ultrix 3.1c notes...
From: Frank Wortner
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 14:45
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1990 14:45
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In article <9247@cbmvax.commodore.com>, grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) writes: [Regarding the possibility of invoking the "wrong" mail program if /usr/bin is searched before /usr/ucb ...] > To avoid this, you can either fix all their .xyz files or move mail > either back to /bin or perhpaps to /usr/etc. It is easier to move mail to /bin than to /usr/etc. If you do, change the link in /bin to point to the new location. The delivered /etc/sendmail.cf has mail being /bin/mail, /usr/ucb/Mail (a.k.a. /usr/ucb/mail) believes that mail lives in /bin, and I'm sure that there are other programs that assume they "know" where mail lives. Frank
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!riscy.dec.com!croton.enet.dec.COM!frank From: frank@croton.enet.dec.COM (Frank Wortner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: more Ultrix 3.1c notes... Message-ID: <1560@riscy.dec.com> Date: 10 Jan 90 14:45:25 GMT References: <9247@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: newsdaemon@riscy.dec.com Reply-To: frank@croton.enet.dec.com Followup-To: comp.sys.dec Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 14