SUMMARY: ~/.rhosts strangeness...

From: Edward C. Bailey <ed_at_pigdog.niehs.nih.gov>
Date: Fri, 03 Feb 1995 10:38:47 -0500

First off, thanks to the following people:

dmitzel_at_whitney.hitc.com
jwright_at_phy.ucsf.edu
ach_at_rosat.mpe-garching.mpg.de
hagan_at_oec.com
"atyisa::maillard"_at_atyisa.enet.dec.com
del_at_giant.IntraNet.com
JOHNSO17_at_NIEHS.NIH.GOV (My boss! GACK!)

Next, I need to share with all of you a fact that you will probably doubt,
but I must say it anyway:

                               I knew that.

Yes, when I entered "bobo_at_niehs.nih.gov" into the .rhosts file, I knew it
should have been "bobo.niehs.nih.gov". I also knew it when I checked other
systems' .rhosts files to see if I was doing it correctly. I knew it, I
knew it, I knew it!

But - I didn't see it.

So, instead of asking the guy in the next office to look over my shoulder
(and have him find it in about a second), I asked a few hundred people all
over the world to look over my shoulder, and the above people found it...

    Thanks everyone, for tactfully pointing out my error!


                    Ed

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Received on Fri Feb 03 1995 - 10:40:10 NZDT

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