Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:01:24 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Dan Riley <daniel@vailsys.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: utmp/wtmp errors? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970310105914.19594A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <33244CE8.ABD322C@vailsys.com>
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On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, Dan Riley wrote: > This thread seems to be getting no where in the questions list and being > so close to 2.2-R I think it may be relevant to bring up here. > > I will also forward a post and response from some one else who is having > a similiar problem with wtmp. > > > I seem to have run into a bit of a problem with xterms and rexec logins > > and maybe utmp... Are you aware that the maximum username length was increased from 8 to 16 characters? Are you aware that that maximum username length is hard compiled into any program that includes utmp.h? Chances are you need to rebuild some programs, and clear out utmp. Tom
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