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From: sysman@glasgow.UUCP (System Manager)
Newsgroups: net.bugs.4bsd
Subject: uucico screwed up /bin/login - possible kernel bug?
Message-ID: <422@glasgow.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 07:03:53 EST
Article-I.D.: glasgow.422
Posted: Tue Jan 31 07:03:53 1984
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 08:32:41 EST
Organization: Comp. Sci., Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland
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An interesting thing happened yesterday. People came complaining about not
being able to log in. On checking I found that /bin/login had been knobbled
and what looked like an X file from uucp put at the front. The rest looked
untouched and the size was still the same.

It looks like the kernel got its knickers in a twist, or at least its buffer
pointers.

Before I spend lots of time trying to find the bug, has anybody experienced
anything similar? We run 4.1bsd on a 780. The disks are System Industries
160MB Fuji and DEC RM03's.

Ever grateful for your attention:


Zdravko Podolski, Comp Sci Dept, Univ. of Glasgow, Scotland
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