[573] in Release_7.7_team
Notes for 5/23
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Wed Jun 5 10:50:21 1996
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
To: release-team@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 10:50:16 EDT
Attending: Bill, tom, mike, miki, jonathon, gary, carla,
kevin, dot, bruce, jj
1. Testers
1.1 /var/cron/log removed - good reason
1.2 mkserv remote update to bring /etc/shells local - jonathon
1.3 file/directories chowned to builder - no suid programs.
1.4 /srvd/usr/athena/lib/update/do_update has a number
of errors - should document
1.5 files moved from /srvd to /os - mkserv may need
modifications - jonathon
1.6 hilit19.el older than 7.7 - result of copying, no problem
1.7 /usr/athen/bin/kermit link being worked on
1.8 autorepeat delay increased? Document xset
1.9 3.3a.1 bos dumps core - use 3.4a binary instead
1.10 xpaint problems - locker owner needs to fix
1.11 /usr/openwin/bin/xterm not creating utmp entries;
suid? - sun bug, needs documentation
1.12 AFS time correction - can we redirect?
1.13 discuss server not setting acls - ghudson
corrected. Problem with locking directory, changed
to lock only acl file.
1.14 mosaic from sipb works, but errors - mike barker
to contact sipb
1.15 athdir enhancement to do sun4m_53 and sun4m_54 - NO.
1.16 /bin/csh could cause trouble for private WS users
- provide backwards compatibility link for sun; NOT
FOR SGI and other new systems
1.17 meta key in xterm needs "Xterm*eightBitInput:
false" - maintain current behavior
1.18 page up/page down keys changed behavior -
.Xresources can fix; document and let the user
learn about different systems
mkserv xterm
1. binaries built
2. mkserv script
3. security concerns
a. we should provide a sun solution
b. could we provide a local motd warning about the security
concerns?
