paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite) (05/03/91)
In article <1991May02.143526.17696@sdd.hp.com>, kurt@hpsdde.hp.com (Kurt Andersen) writes: > Has anyone experienced (and, I hope solved) a problem wherein the > /etc/utmp file gets clobbered (corrupted or emptied) under HP-UX > 7.0 on a 9000/350 machine? HP changed the format of the utmp file with 7.0. We had this problem on our 9000/800's. Anything that writes to utmp must be recompiled to work with 7.0. You must have some software somewhere that is doing this. screen? X from pd? some homebrew package? Find it and recompile it. Paul Hite PRC Realty Systems McLean,Va paul@prcrs.prc.com (703) 556-2243 You can't tell which way the train went by studying its tracks.
ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) (05/07/91)
In article <1900@prcrs.prc.com>, paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite) writes: : In article <1991May02.143526.17696@sdd.hp.com>, kurt@hpsdde.hp.com (Kurt Andersen) writes: : > Has anyone experienced (and, I hope solved) a problem wherein the : > /etc/utmp file gets clobbered (corrupted or emptied) under HP-UX : > 7.0 on a 9000/350 machine? : HP changed the format of the utmp file with 7.0. We had this problem : on our 9000/800's. Anything that writes to utmp must be recompiled to : work with 7.0. You must have some software somewhere that is doing this. : screen? X from pd? some homebrew package? Find it and recompile it. Some commerical packages such as the LAT emulator from KNET also need to be upgraded to run under HP-UX 7.0. According to them, we are the first people to actually try it. -- Kenneth Ng Please reply to ken@hertz.njit.edu until this machine properly recieves mail. "No problem, here's how you build it" -- R. Barclay, ST: TNG
pozar@kumr.lns.com (Tim Pozar) (05/09/91)
In article <1900@prcrs.prc.com> paul@prcrs.prc.com (Paul Hite) writes: >In article <1991May02.143526.17696@sdd.hp.com>, kurt@hpsdde.hp.com (Kurt Andersen) writes: >> Has anyone experienced (and, I hope solved) a problem wherein the >> /etc/utmp file gets clobbered (corrupted or emptied) under HP-UX >> 7.0 on a 9000/350 machine? > >HP changed the format of the utmp file with 7.0. We had this problem >on our 9000/800's. Anything that writes to utmp must be recompiled to >work with 7.0. You must have some software somewhere that is doing this. >screen? X from pd? some homebrew package? Find it and recompile it. Look at login and see what it is doing. Also init. Tim -- pozar@lns.com Fido: 1:125/555 PaBell: 415-788-3904 USNail: KKSF-FM / 77 Maiden Lane / San Francisco CA 94108
jws@hpcupt3.cup.hp.com (John Stafford) (05/10/91)
You will probably hear from many people, but you are running some pre-7.0 program that modifies utmp (the format changed at 7.0). Typical candidates are xterm, hpterm, and rtime. If you get (or recompile) 7.0 versions, the problem will go away.