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From: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (System Admin (Mike Peterson))
Subject: Re: logout after "nohup ..... &"
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.172502.16049@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
References: <7490.2741396e@swift.cs.tcd.ie>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 17:25:02 GMT

In article <7490.2741396e@swift.cs.tcd.ie> gerry@swift.cs.tcd.ie writes:
>If I type:
>	 "nohup <any command, e.g. sleep 100000> &"
>and then logout every user (except locksmiths) is locked out of the
>system i.e. they cannot make a telnet connection nor use the login
>command.

I haven't seen this effect, but 'nohup ... &' is broken as of SR10.2.
The only solution for someone on the display is to 'crp' onto yourself,
and run the job in the crp session. Jobs submitted from rlogin/telnet
sessions do not get killed when the user logs out. Jobs submitted from
xterms are blasted when the display user logs out. This behaviour has
been APR'ed and is completely unacceptable.
-- 
Mike Peterson, System Administrator, U/Toronto Department of Chemistry
E-mail: system@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
Tel: (416) 978-7094                  Fax: (416) 978-8775