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From: mike@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Michael S. Mahoney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 2.0 bug (or feature?)
Message-ID: <6528@idunno.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 23 Feb 91 02:38:00 GMT
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In article <432G31*o@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>I have seen one other message in this group describing this
>phenomenon, and it has also happen to me on several occasions.  It
>must be an OS bug(perhaps a setup problem), and a nasty one at that.
>Has anyone else been automagically logged out?
> 
>-Mike

It has happened to me a couple of times.  /usr/adm/messages reported a 
failure in the DPS server, which then provoked a sequence of windowserver
failures and shutdowns including logoff.  It seemed to occur when
switching applications very quickly.

Mike


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