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Article #6748Re: Sun 4.1.1 'biff y' problem :-(
From: David M. Katinsky
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 21:32
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 1991 21:32
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shahryar@eris.berkeley.edu (Persian Nightmare) writes:
>I have a problem with the 'biff y' command on our Sun 4.1.1 system. Ever
>since we have switched to Sun 4.1 OS, I have never been able to get the
>'biff y' command to work. The weird thing is that only a few users does
>this command work for, and for some it doesn't {including our Sys Admin}.
I sent a source-code bug fix to Sun. It is filed as bug id 1047697.
If memory serves (and it's been several months) the problem affects users
with 8 character usernames.
David M. Katinsky
dmk@pilot.njin.net, dmk@njin.BITNET, {njin, rutgers}!dmk
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!cunews!bnrgate!brtph3!brchh104!brchs1!bnr.ca!rice.edu!sun-spots-request From: dmk@reykjavik.njin.net (David M. Katinsky) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun Subject: Re: Sun 4.1.1 'biff y' problem :-( Keywords: SunOS Message-ID: <1500@brchh104.bnr.ca> Date: 28 Jan 91 21:32:42 GMT Sender: news@brchh104.bnr.ca Organization: Sun-Spots Lines: 14 Approved: Sun-Spots@rice.edu X-Refs: Original: v10n31 X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 31, message 5 X-Note: Submissions: sun-spots@rice.edu, Admin: sun-spots-request@rice.edu