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This bug is not fixed [jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU: Version 6.3B: /usr/athena/lib/init/login]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Wed Dec 6 18:29:40 1989
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 89 18:29:12 -0500
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@PIT-MANAGER.MIT.EDU>
To: testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
/usr/athena/lib/init/login still mentions xlogin and NOCALLS, and
still checks for $?prompt. Either this is a bug that hasn't been
fixed, or somebody came up with a good explanation for why it isn't a
bug and never bothered to explain it to me.
From the 6.4A /usr/athena/lib/init/login:
# Do not echo status messages if noninteractive shell. For interactive shells,
# echo messages unless user has ~/.hushlogin file AND the session was not
# started using the xlogin "SYSTEM" option.
if ($?prompt) then
if ((! -r ~/.hushlogin) || ($?NOCALLS)) set verbose_login
/bin/stty dec # Use DEC-style control characters
endif
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Date: Sun, 20 Aug 89 18:52:28 -0400
From: Jonathan I. Kamens <jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Sender: jik@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU, testers@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Version 6.3B: /usr/athena/lib/init/login
System type, version: Version 6.3B, all platforms
What's wrong:
The file /usr/athena/lib/init/login contains the following near the
beginning of the file:
# Do not echo status messages if noninteractive shell. For interactive shells,
# echo messages unless user has ~/.hushlogin file AND the session was not
# started using the xlogin "SYSTEM" option.
if ($?prompt) then
if ((! -r ~/.hushlogin) || ($?NOCALLS)) set verbose_login
endif
/usr/athena/lib/init/login should never be used in an xlogin login,
so the comment about xlogin and the check for NOCALLS are unnecessary.
Furthermore, I am not convinced the check to see if the shell is
interactive is necessary (although I am not as sure about this).
/usr/athena/lib/init/login should end up getting executed only in an
interactive login shell.
What should have happened:
The file fragment should read:
# Do not echo status messages if noninteractive shell. For
# interactive shells, echo messages unless user has ~/.hushlogin file.
if ($?prompt) then
if (! -r ~/.hushlogin) set verbose_login
endif
If the check for interactivity is determined not to be necessary,
the fragment should read:
# Echo messages unless user has ~/.hushlogin file.
if (! -r ~/.hushlogin) set verbose_login
jik
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