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Re: lert problem

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Barker)
Thu May 22 10:18:53 1997

To: Heather Anne <aurora@MIT.EDU>
Cc: mbarker@MIT.EDU, testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 22 May 1997 09:00:26 EDT."
             <199705221300.JAA00694@athanatos.MIT.EDU> 
Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 10:13:45 EDT
From: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>

It helps a GREAT deal!

workaround:

1. cp /etc/services ~/services
2. emacs services
remove the line
lert            3717/udp                        # login user notification
3. su
4. cp ~/services /etc/services

There is a bug in lert, which this change in the services file sets off.

thanks
Mike


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