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- From: syd@DSI.COM (Syd Weinstein)
- Subject: Re: config question: /etc/passwd and system alias checking
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.010300.12035@DSI.COM>
- Reply-To: syd@DSI.COM
- Organization: Datacomp Systems, Inc. Huntingdon Valley, PA
- References: <14162@kgnaix11.aix.kingston.ibm.com> <14236@kgnaix11.aix.kingston.ibm.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1992 01:03:00 GMT
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- shapiro@kgnaix11.aix.kingston.ibm.com (David Shapiro) writes:
- >What is the configuration magic needed to make elm
- >check the /etc/passwd and/or a system alias file
- >for existance of the signon and/or alias?
- >I had this working at one time (elm 2.3) but its
- >not working now (elm 2.4)?
- This feature, that only used to check the /etc/passwd
- file, for existance of a name, has been removed from Elm.
- It never did check the alias files (other than elm's own)
- and was easily confused by system wide aliases. It was
- removed along with the routing code.
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- Sydney S. Weinstein, CDP, CCP Elm Coordinator - Current 2.4PL08
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