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From: gengenba@forwiss.uni-passau.de (Michael Gengenbach)
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Subject: Re: Need help with DEC WINDOWS on DEC 3100 stations
Summary: maybe it is /etc/svcorder
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Date: 4 May 90 21:26:32 GMT
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In article <1990May3.125502.14015@ecn.purdue.edu> jmoore@cimlab.ecn.purdue.edu (James D Moore) writes:
>The problem is that whenever a person tries to log into the
>client stations the DecWindows accepts the login and the password
>and then seems to time out and return the login prompt.

I had the same problem after the installation of our DECstations.

>After several tries (random number but usaly more than 5-6 tries)
>it eventualy will allow a person to log into the system. From 

I didn't try to log in more than a few times, so I don't know, if
this would work. But I figured out, that the problem was with
/etc/svcorder. The first service (YP or BIND, I can't remember) 
wasn't running correctly. When I put 'local' in front of /etc/svcorder, 
everything worked allright.

I hope this helps.

Michael
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