[1407] in SIPB_Linux_Development
problems with RedHat-Athena
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Edwin Foo)
Wed Aug 28 01:59:20 1996
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
Cc: efoo@MIT.EDU, warlord@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:58:14 EDT
From: Edwin Foo <efoo@MIT.EDU>
Hello there. I finally tried to install Redhat-Athena, and
it looks okay, except for 2 pretty big problems...
1) remote logins don't work (not allowed to log in here) unless
the remote user is already logged on from console. ex: efoo
cannot telnet to the machine unless he is already logged on
physically at the console. If efoo physically logs on, then
telnets to the machine from a different computer, then physically
logs off, then efoo cannot start any more telnet sessions (cannot
log in).
2) strange things happening with who and finger not reporting correct
information. ghosts of previous users, etc... all happening only
with Athena account logins. No such problems with local accounts.
with regards to (2), I ran strings on /etc/athena/telnetd and found
references to /usr/adm and /etc/utmp and /usr/adm/wtmp, all of which
don't exist... utmp is actually in /var/run/utmp and wtmp is actually
in /var/log/wtmp (also is referenced as such somewhere in there, actually).
I refer back to a message sent by Eric Ding sometime back containing
the following workaround:
cd /usr
ln -s /var/log adm
cd /etc
ln -s /var/run/utmp utmp
I have executed said commands on my machine... cleared up some but not
all of false login ghosts problems. Probably related to (1). I would
really like to be able to log into my own machine, so help would be
appreciated. So far I'm stumped as to why this is happening.
Thanks,
Edwin
