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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dorothy Bowe)
Wed Apr 17 13:16:47 1996
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU, bug-library@MIT.EDU
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:16:36 EDT
From: Dorothy Bowe <dot@MIT.EDU>
Jonathon wrote:
> /mit/library/decmipsbin (I haven't checked other platforms) doesn't
> have anyuser read. This means that when you start the library stuff
> from xlogin, it failes to start /mit/library/decmipsbin/timer, and
> thus fails to automatically log you out.
>
For the record, the acls are set this way to prevent people from
accessing first search through xlogin. It was a quick and dirty fix to
stop this potential problem, but the real fix probably involves a
re-organization of the library locker. I have no idea when that will
actually happen.
Dot
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