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Re: sun4 8.1.7: xterm

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Fields)
Mon Jul 28 17:33:29 1997

Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:33:29 -0400
From: Craig Fields <cfields@MIT.EDU>
To: bdrosen@MIT.EDU
Cc: bugs@MIT.EDU

> xterms would startup and then disappear.
> I reproduced this by logging into a PUBLIC=true machine once,
> logging out and then logging back in quickly. I was able to debug
> the problem somewhat and it turned out that it was caused by me not
> having entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.

Thanks! This is a great help.

I've reproduced this now as well. I'm sure this is also the source of
the "intruder alert" mail problem.

I'm working on tracking it down.

Craig

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