From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 7 06:46:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA06743 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 06:46:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA06738 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 06:46:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA03773; Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:45:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199808071345.JAA03773@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Weird /home problem resolved In-Reply-To: from James Snow at "Aug 6, 98 09:40:40 pm" To: sno@teardrop.org (James Snow) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 09:45:42 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG James Snow wrote: > > Well, I fixed the problem. > > Two of the people with whom I conversed about this problem could not > replicate it on 2.2.6-RELEASE, while I was getting it on 2.2.7-STABLE and > 3.0-SNAP. > > So, I replaced our /usr/bin/login with /usr/bin/login from 2.2.6 and > voila, no more login problem. > > I can only assume then that there was a change made to this program or to > one of the library functions that it calls between 2.2.6-RELEASE and one > of the more recent releases. > > I'd be interested in knowing if anyone else can confirm this behaviour and > fix it in a similar fashion. > Big HMMM. do you have the 2.2.7 source for login handy? Email it to me and I'll stare at it. Dave -- Bedford County, PA -- 47,000 polite, friendly Appalachians, 4,000 of whom have concealed-carry permits. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message