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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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