aland@infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) (03/30/91)
Grrrrrrrrrr....
I've been trying to figure this out for a YEAR, and I just stumbled
on to the isolated case...
Sometimes, not always, I was getting null returns out of "who am i".
And I thought my machine was just having an identity crisis.
Now, after stringing thru the ?tmp files, I've isolated it:
who am i returns nothing for all user names which are exactly 8
characters!
Does anybody know if this is a known bug? Does it affect ISC, SCO,
ESIX, etc?
--
Alan Denney # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
"These tests will have no effect on your grades. They will merely
determine your future social status and financial success, if any."
- Matt Groeningjdeitch@jadpc.cts.com (Jim Deitch) (03/31/91)
In article <1991Mar30.042931.19546@informix.com> aland@infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes: >Grrrrrrrrrr.... > >I've been trying to figure this out for a YEAR, and I just stumbled >on to the isolated case... > >Sometimes, not always, I was getting null returns out of "who am i". >And I thought my machine was just having an identity crisis. > >Now, after stringing thru the ?tmp files, I've isolated it: >who am i returns nothing for all user names which are exactly 8 >characters! > >Does anybody know if this is a known bug? Does it affect ISC, SCO, >ESIX, etc? > > >-- >Alan Denney # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland > > "These tests will have no effect on your grades. They will merely > determine your future social status and financial success, if any." > - Matt Groening Breaks on ISC 2.2.1 -- ARPANET: jadpc!jdeitch@nosc.mil INTERNET: jdeitch@jadpc.cts.com UUCP: nosc!jadpc!jdeitch
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (04/02/91)
In article <1991Mar30.042931.19546@informix.com> aland@infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes: >Grrrrrrrrrr.... >I've been trying to figure this out for a YEAR, and I just stumbled >on to the isolated case... >Now, after stringing thru the ?tmp files, I've isolated it: >who am i returns nothing for all user names which are exactly 8 >characters! >Does anybody know if this is a known bug? Does it affect ISC, SCO, >ESIX, etc? I reported it to AT&T in 1986 on the 3B2 SysVr3.1 and have in my files a "closed problem report" to confirm this. And no, they didn't fix it there either. Consider this yet another example of the reason that AT&T's computer operation is in it's current position. Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us