[13543] in Athena Bugs
decmips 7.7L: reg_svr
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Yu)
Fri Jun 2 16:45:12 1995
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 1995 16:45:00 -0400
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
From: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
System name: dragons-lair
Type and version: KN02ca 7.7L
Display type: PMAG-DV
What were you trying to do?
Find out why no mail was getting through to the "fen" list.
What's wrong:
The registration server had allowed someone to register for a
TechMail account with the username "fen".
What should have happened:
People should not be able to register even a TechMail account
with a username of an existing mailing list.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Mail that I have sent to accounts follows:
> Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po8.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA21626; Thu, 1 Jun 95 01:56:01 EDT
> Received: from L-SLIDE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP
> id AA22440; Thu, 1 Jun 95 01:56:00 EDT
> Received: by l-slide.MIT.EDU (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.7) id AA16512; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 01:55:59 -0400
> Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 01:55:59 -0400
> Message-Id: <9506010555.AA16512@l-slide.MIT.EDU>
> To: accounts@MIT.EDU
> Cc: fen-request@MIT.EDU
> Subject: problem with user account "fen"
> From: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
>
> On May 5, it seems that someone registered a TechMail account for Deb
> Smith with the username "fen". Unfortunately, there was already a
> mailing list by this name, and the username took precedence over the
> list "fen", effectively disabling one of our house mailing lists. I
> do not know what the standard resolution procedure is in such a case,
> but we would very much like to have our mailing list back with its
> original name, if that is possible.
>
> Thanks
> ---Tom
>
> Desired login name: fen
> Login name: fen Full name: Smith, Deborah M
> User id: 6616 Login shell /bin/csh Class: MITS
> Account is: Enrolled/Not Registerable (6) MIT ID number: XXXXXXXXX Signed: Bad
> No secure password set.
> Comments:
> Last mod by root at 05-may-1995 14:42:36 with reg_svr.
