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From: cc3z+@andrew.cmu.edu (Christopher N. Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Shell window problem fixed
Message-ID: <sZzwSiO00WBLM1T1FE@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 90 16:49:50 GMT
Organization: Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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To those who may be interested:

The reason I couldn't get a shell window was that the /private/adm
directory was buggered.  Its type and protection had somehow been reset
to "-rw-r--r--".  The problem went away when I restored the directory
from the 1.0 distribution disk.