isns01@ms3.UUCP (Jim Chappell) (06/19/87)
We use a Sytek broadband front-end net to access Vaxen running 4.2 BSD. When a user logs out he will get a login rather than a Sytek prompt if there is a process independently running on his tty (eg 'leave(1)'). Secretaries and similar types of users don't realize that a login ties up the tty, so we are often short of ttys. We've put a scope on the Vax side and found that logic signals are not being dropped when the situation described above exists. Is what I've described a feature or a bug? Is there a reasonable fix? Thanks, -- Jim Chappell ...!seismo!vrdxhq!ms3!jrc ISN Corp. (703) 979-8900 1235A Jeff Davis Hwy, Suite 220 Arlington, Va 22202
chris@mimsy.UUCP (06/20/87)
It sure does. This is a byproduct of the sloppy implementation of vhangup(). Several people have `improved' vhangups, but none seem to have become popular (yet?). -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7690) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: seismo!mimsy!chris