Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:9476 comp.bugs.sys5:593 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!amdcad!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mcnc!codas!bernie 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 Lines: 13 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