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Date:      28 Mar 2000 16:40:54 -0000
From:      keramida@ceid.upatras.gr
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/17651: minor periodic.sh bug
Message-ID:  <20000328164054.1346.qmail@hades.hell.gr>

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>Number:         17651
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       minor periodic.sh bug
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 28 13:30:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Giorgos Keramidas
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

	the source of periodic.sh cvsup'ed last night (march 27)

>Description:

	Some of the scripts in /etc/periodic use $host, to print the
        name of the host they're running on.  However, when
        /usr/sbin/periodic runs the scripts it does not `export' host
	variable

>How-To-Repeat:

	Change your personal account password and run periodic daily, or
	look at old postings from `periodic daily'.  The line above your
        passwd diffs should be "$host passwd diffs:", but it comes out
        as " passwd diffs:" because $host is unset.

>Fix:

--- src/usr.sbin/periodic.sh.orig	Sat Aug 28 04:17:52 1999
+++ src/usr.sbin/periodic.sh	Tue Mar 28 19:32:45 2000
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 fi
 
 host=`hostname`
+export host
 echo "Subject: $host $run run output"
 
 # Execute each executable file in the directory list.  If the x bit is not

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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