Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 17:24:26 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/kerberos5/lib/libroken Makefile Message-ID: <20040203172426.GA34284@gosset.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20040203170652.GA80415@madman.celabo.org> References: <200402030932.i139WBpQ054113@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040203112824.01dfdc99@localhost> <20040203163214.GD17960@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <401FD252.7F56765E@freebsd.org> <401FD43E.174A6839@freebsd.org> <20040203170652.GA80415@madman.celabo.org>
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 11:06:52AM -0600, Jacques A. Vidrine wrote: > Only that's not correct for most systems :-) > > getlogin(2) returns what was previously passed to setlogin(2) (usually > by login(1)). But this could indeed be a part of the problem, > especially since there is a known bug in ssh involving a missing > setsid() ... Ahhh! I've recently seen getlogin return the wrong thing on -stable boxes and consequently programs like write announce the wrong username. People could test this theory by writing to their own tty on freefall and seeing if their own username shows up. David.
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