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From: lloyd@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Lloyd W. Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: go away you don't exist
Message-ID: <1990Dec1.185203.13781@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Date: 1 Dec 90 18:52:03 GMT
References: <Jeff.6987@wisdom.UUCP>
Organization: Johns Hopkins University
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Jeff@wisdom.UUCP (Jeff Ross) writes:

>every now and then when I log into the unix machines (usually over DECnet) 
>I won't show up on the who list.  if I attempt to run talk I'll get the 
>message "go away you don't exist"  I'm running ultrix vers 3.  is this 
>caused by something I did wrong upon setting up ultrix, or is this a known
>bug?
>
>Jeff Ross
>e-mail:  jeff@wisdom.uucp                 (home)                 201-299-1819
>         ross@fdurt1.fdu.edu              (work)                 201-692-2357

That message means that 'talk' couldn't find an entry for you in the 'utmp'
file.  

Some multi-window terminal emulators (such as 'uw' and 'maclayers') are
unable to write the pty entries into utmp unless they are installed
setuid root.  I've not run into this problem using DECNet terminal.

-- Lloyd Taylor
   Johns Hopkins University