Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uflorida!haven!adm!news From: mail-support%cernvax.cern.ch@pucc.princeton.edu Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Warning: Failed mail to VMS host Message-ID: <25063@adm.brl.mil> Date: 20 Nov 90 01:20:17 GMT Sender: news@adm.brl.mil Lines: 118 Your message to <@DxMINT.cern.ch:OLAVI%13411.decnet.CERN@CERNVAX.BITNET> could not be delivered. The error message was: Deferred: %MAIL-E-OPENOUT, error openning as output This message is equivalent to the DECnet-VAX error message: -SYSTEM-F-EXDISKQUOTA, disk quota exceeded The reason why your message could not be delivered is caused by the fact that your correspondants account has ran out of diskquota. Please contact your correspondant (by phone or otherwise) and tell him about this problem. ====== The start of Your original message ====== UNIX-WIZARDS Digest Sun, 18 Nov 1990 V11#035 Today's Topics: Re: write/close (was Re: Trojan Horses) Re: Status of voting to rename comp.unix.internals Re: how to setuid for shell scripts? Re: Killer Micro Question How do you find the symbolic links to files. Re: How do you find the symbolic links to files. ----------------------------------------------------------------- From: Malcolm Weir Subject: Re: write/close (was Re: Trojan Horses) Date: 27 Oct 90 02:36:18 GMT To: unix-wizards@sem.brl.mil In article <35111@cup.portal.com> ts@cup.portal.com (Tim W Smith) writes: > >In summary, this behaviour of a file system is not acceptable. > As I understand it, under bog standard *nix System V, and 4.2 for that matter, running on disk-rich workstations (i.e. without NFS), it is perfectly possible for data to be lost long after the write(2) has occurred, the close(2) has been performed, and the process itself having retired to a little cottage in the country to end its days in comfort, with each operation gleefully reporting success and basically life to be wonderful. Consider what happens when your machine is informed that the disk has a BAD SECTOR, or worse, that someone has emptied their morning coffee into your drive cabinet and the drives have quit in protest... Error returns? Luxury. They may be too late to do anything, but its better than *not* telling you! Malc. P.s. How about a "Call for Votes" on whether "comp.unix.internals" should be renamed and re-chartered as "comp.whining.wingeing.noisy.bastards"? ":-)" Intentionally left out. ----------------------------- From: Dan Mick Subject: Re: Status of voting to rename comp.unix.internals Date: 16 Nov 90 22:39:09 GMT To: unix-wizards@sem.brl.mil In article <1990Nov15.160404.10588@chinet.chi.il.us> laird@chinet.chi.il.us (Laird J. Heal) writes: >I will summarize here the voting choices as there has been some confusion. > >The voting period began on October 25, and continues to November 25. > [ etc ] I sent a vote, through uunet, to the listed address, and it got to the machine and then bounced with 'no such user' from that machine. I don't think you want input. ----------------------------- From: Robert Withrow Subject: Re: Status of voting to rename comp.unix.internals Date: 17 Nov 90 23:28:54 GMT Sender: guest@ryn.esg.dec.com Followup-To: news.groups To: unix-wizards@sem.brl.mil I sent in my ballot right after this call for votes was issued and I never received an acknowlegement. I also sent a reply to this ``status of voting posting'' to you telling you about this and asking if you had my vote. To date I have had no reply. Considering the history of this issue I am hesitant to just start sending in additional ballots until one is acknowleged (least I be accused of ballot box stuffing!), but I want to be certain that my vote is counted! Could you please look into this and straighten this out? Also, if others who read this group have experienced the same problem, would they please *post* this so that the group at large can discover if this is a widespread phenomina. ----------------------------- From: "John F. Haugh II" Subject: Re: how to setuid for shell scripts? Date: 17 Nov 90 01:07:32 GMT X-Clever-Slogan: Recycle or Die. To: unix-wizards@sem.brl.mil In article <633@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> valdis@wizards.vt.edu (Valdis Kletnieks) writes: