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From: bernie@codas.att.com (Bernie Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Re: SVR3 passwd changes mode of passwd file
Message-ID: <29285@codas.att.com>
Date: 28 Sep 88 13:36:29 GMT
References: <873@vsi.UUCP>
Organization: AT&T, Altamonte Springs, FL
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In article <873@vsi.UUCP>, sullivan@vsi.UUCP (Michael T Sullivan) writes:
> In article <131@cetia.UUCP>, chris@cetia.UUCP (Chris Bertin) writes:
>> 
>> If the utmp code finds that the file you are doing 'who' on is not in 'utmp'
>> format, it ZEROES the file!!! Thank you AT&T.
> 
> This is not the case on our 3B2/400 running SVR3.1.

Thanks for pointing this out, Michael.  The problem did exist in SVR0 and
possibly SVR2 but is definitely gone in SVR3.
-- 
Bernie Brown
bernie@codas.att.com