My original question:
> I built everything in logdaemon-5.1 on my alphastation Digital UNIX 3.2C
> and replaced the login and ftpd programs. Logging in works fine, but trying
> w, who and
> finger gives the following:
> # w
> 11:29 up 31 days, 19:59, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> User tty from login_at_ idle JCPU PCPU what
> # who
> root
> # finger
> No one logged on
Many thanks goes to Lawrence Macintyre <lpz_at_nautique.epm.ornl.gov>, who
pointed out the solution:
>--
>The login subroutine in logdaemon doesn't work on OSF/1 (either
>Digital's version or Intel's). So here's what you do:
>
>Edit lib/Makefile, and change this line:
>
> _at_$(MAKE) XFLAGS="-DDECOSF1" OBJS="$(BSD4OBJ)" all
>
> to look like this:
>
> _at_$(MAKE) XFLAGS="-DDECOSF1" OBJS="$(S5R3OBJ)" all
>
>There is a login subroutine in libc on OSF/1 which will be used instead
>of the one in logdaemon, and all will be well.
>
I changed lib/Makefile, rebuilt everything, replaced login and Voila!, now
it works.
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Kalle Flodkvist
Uppsala universitet
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Received on Wed Jun 12 1996 - 17:15:48 NZST