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From: davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: 2 user licences
Message-ID: <689@crdos1.crd.ge.COM>
Date: 2 Oct 89 17:15:44 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corp R&D Center
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I was asked to post this for someone with an access problem. Only the
header has been edited for brevity.

Return-path:  williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 89 10:31:16 CDT
From: williams@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
Message-Id: <8910021531.AA15333@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu>


Please post this notice to comp.unix.xenix, as I can't post news.

I have gone round and round on the two user issue with the retailer, the
distributor, and SCO about upgrading 2 user licence to N user license, and they
are totally confused, and give conflicting reports. I even spoke to someone
in SCO technical support, and he thought such a beast existed.

BTW, in case anyone is interested, the only real difference between 2 user
and N user Xenix is the file /etc/getty.  If you copy /etc/getty from a
Multi-user Xenix system, and brand it with the local serial number, it wakes
up N-user.

This information was cheerfully provided by SCO technical support before the
current SH*T storm erupted over 2U licences, and I repeat it only for
informational purposes.


-- 
bill davidsen	(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
"The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called
'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see
that the world is flat!" - anon