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- From: rperry@west.darkside.com (rperry)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: Strange Bug in Login Sequence, v 1.65
- Message-ID: <eRiowB2w165w@west.darkside.com>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 03:41:13 GMT
- References: <FLkmwB1w165w@west.darkside.com>
- Organization: The Dark Side of the Moon +1 408 245 SPAM
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- I wrote:
- rperry@west.darkside.com (rperry) writes:
-
- > Hello all.
- >
- > I was configuring Waffle 1.65 (registered) this week and ended up
- > with a real mess. I have two privileged accounts, root and system
- > (naturally). When I logged in as root, the program logged me in
- > and then proceeded to lock up tight. System logs confirmed that
- > I had logged in, but I couldn't do anything. This is under DOS 5.0.
- >
- > I rebuilt the password and index files, but the problem persisted.
- > After inspecting the password file, I noticed that there was some
- > garbage after the username location for root. It seems that Waffle
- > places the word "default" in the location of the Snew username during
- > the user creation process and then writes over it. Efforts to subvert
- > this were unsuccessful. Finally, I had to retrieve my 1.64 password
- > file (off an erased disk, no less) and convert _it_ to 1.65. Inspection
- > of the newly created password file using this method (which is what I
- > had done in the beginning) shows none of the extraneous garbage produced
- > when the file is created wi{h the 1.65 sysman utility.
- >
- After debugging various functions and trying several approaches,
- it appears that the problem is a variation of the "Video: ANSI"
- problems which are prevalent in this newsgroup. Sorry to take up
- your time, but this problem did cause some real headaches on my
- computer. The lesson learned is : don't use video:ansi no matter
- how well you think you know how your system behaves.
-
- Thanks much,
-
- Ron Perry
- >
-