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Article #24101Re: Why does xterm need NIS?
From: Jim Ludwig
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 12:15
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1991 12:15
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xterm uses the /etc/passwd file to: + determine user's name for creating a utmp entry + initialize the user's groups (initgroups in BSD, other in other OS's) + get the user's default shell if the SHELL environment variable is not set (see main.c if you have the code) I would assume that the passwd file is handled by NIS and that's where you're error is showing up. Jim Ludwig Encore Computer Corp jludwig@encore.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!hsdndev!bu.edu!encore!pinocchio.encore.com!jludwig From: jludwig@pinocchio.encore.com (Jim Ludwig) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Why does xterm need NIS? Message-ID: <15464@encore.Encore.COM> Date: 26 Jun 91 12:15:14 GMT Sender: news@Encore.COM Reply-To: jludwig@pinocchio.encore.com (Jim Ludwig) Organization: Encore Computer Corp. Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: pinocchio.encore.com