[8068] in Athena Bugs
vax 7.3L: multiple, "simultaneous" logins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barr3y Jaspan)
Thu Aug 29 11:15:40 1991
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 91 11:16:06 EDT
From: "Barr3y Jaspan" <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
System name: beeblebrox
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 7.3L (plus partial update)
Display type: SM
Note the last two lines of /etc/version from beeblebrox; it appears to
have lost in the middle of an update.
Athena Workstation (VS3100) Version 7.3L Fri Aug 23 18:57:51 EDT 1991
Athena Server (VS3100) Version Update Fri Aug 23 18:57:57 EDT 1991
What were you trying to do?
Log in to beeblebrox twice, nearly simultaneously.
What's wrong:
Two things went wrong with the second login. First, it failed when
trying to attach my homedir:
MIT Athena (beeblebrox)
login: bjaspan
Password:
attach: Filesystem "bjaspan" already being attached by another process
Warning: Unable to attach home directory.
NOTE -- Your home directory is temporary.
It will be deleted when this workstation deactivates.
Second, the temporary dotfiles I was given reference an undefined
shell variable:
Athena Server (VS3100) Version Update Fri Aug 23 18:57:57 EDT 1991
hosttype: Undefined variable.
> pwd
/site/tmp/bjaspan
> grep hosttype .??*
.cshrc: set path=( . ~/${hosttype}bin /srvd/patch /usr/athena \
What should have happened:
Login should detect "filesystem being attached by another process,"
wait a few seconds, and try again instead of just failing. The
default dotfiles should not reference an undefined shell variable.
