Here's the original message and the responses that I have received:
We are using DEC UNIX 3.2G on two Alpha servers (2100 and 4100), and we
use Reflections X as our pc terminal emulator to connect directly to the
operating system. Whenever I bring up Reflections X on my pc, a
configuration file appears in my home directory on the UNIX box. This
happens every time that I log in, and the name of the configuration file
is different each time. The files look like this:
-rw------- 1 sspaldin wcis 8375 Jan 28 12:09 smdb-AAAaabpta
-rw------- 1 sspaldin wcis 8375 Jan 28 12:55 smdb-AAAaaceja
-rw------- 1 sspaldin wcis 8375 Jan 28 11:50 smdb-AAAaaknAa
-rw------- 1 sspaldin wcis 8375 Jan 28 11:57 smdb-AAAaaktda
and these files accumulate if you do not manually delete them. They don't
really cause all that much of a problem as they are only about 8K in size
each, but when 20-30 users have about 30-40 of these files in each of
their home directories, that does start to take up a lot of space.
I realize that I can set up a cron script or something else similar to
clean up these files, but there should be some other way to prevent them
from accumulating. I've looked through the Reflections X manual but it
does not say anything about the issue. Does anyone know how to keep these
files from accumulating?
Thanks!
Stephen Spalding
sspaldin_at_mem-ins.com
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I had the same problem.
They are created when one logs in and deleted when they properly log
out. If they just close their window and don't log out then the
file
stays.
Hope this helps.
Lou
I think that there is a patch for this problem. Check out
www.service.digital.com.
Cheers
--
Dejan Muhamedagic dejan_at_yunix.com
I recently had occasion to look at some code that's part of the X stuff
that
puts those files into the user directory. I believe they are supposed to
get killed by X while it's going away, but that doesn't happen in the
case
you are describing. That is probably a bug, and it would be helpful if
you
would file a formal problem report with our services organization.
Being that as it may, I believe you could just have the users delete
these
files as they are logging in -- I believe the files aren't needed once
you
get X running. But I could be mistaken. I'd have to check to be
certain.
Tom
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Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 23:14:12 NZDT