[3371] in testers
Re: O2 reinstall problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Wed Dec 3 10:18:01 1997
To: Darrin Jewell <jewell@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU, sipb-office@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 03 Dec 1997 02:36:22 EST."
<199712030736.CAA24169@bart-savagewood.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 10:17:40 EST
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> The password gets reset when you log out.
You have to copy /etc/passwd to /etc/passwd.local, same as on any
other Athena machine. Also, PUBLIC has to be false in
/etc/athena/rc.conf.
> Also, sometimes when we give the athena root password to the athena
> login screen, we are immediatly prompted by the xdm login screen
> before being allowed to proceed.
This, on the other hand, sounds like a real bug.
