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[jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU: erlogind service necessary in /etc/inetd.conf?]

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Jan 1 16:58:21 1991

Date: Tue, 1 Jan 91 16:57:56 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Cc: bug-kerberos@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, rel-eng@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: "Barr3y Jaspan"'s message of Tue, 1 Jan 91 16:54:16 -0500 <9101012154.AA12965@m11-116-6.MIT.EDU>

   Date: Tue, 1 Jan 91 16:54:16 -0500
   From: "Barr3y Jaspan" <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
   Sender: bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU

   It was my understanding that "erlogin" was "environment rlogin",
   meaning it propagated more of the user's environment than the standard
   rlogin, instead of "encrypted rlogin" (the more obvious guess).  If
   that's the case, it has nothing to do with Kerberos.

This is only partially correct.  It is an environment rlogin, but it
is an environment rlogin *with kerberos*, I believe.

   In any case, I agree -- if it isn't used, punt.

Yeah, that's my point -- we aren't even installing the binary on the
packs anymore, so the inetd.conf line serves no useful purpose.

  jik

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