Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!uc!ag.msc.edu!jkays From: jkays@msc.edu (Jeffrey Kays) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: rlogin problem on DEC3100 running ultrix 4.1 Message-ID: <4357@uc.msc.umn.edu> Date: 25 Jun 91 20:57:09 GMT References: Sender: news@uc.msc.umn.edu Reply-To: jkays@msc.edu Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center Lines: 28 In article , amit@osceola.cs.ucf.edu (Amit Jain) writes: > > We have a DECstation 3100 running ULTRIX 4.1 in a network of mostly > SPARCstations and Sun-3 workstations. The problem is when I rlogin > from the DECstation to one of the sun-4's it seems to hang. I did > an etherfind and it shows the two machines exchanging packets > and in fact on the sun-4 I can see my self logged in and the > packets show the usual login messages being sent but nothing ever > appears on the DECstation window. Also this problem is not > consistent, i.e. does not happen all the time, but about 75% of the > time. If anybody has any clue, I will appreciate hearing about it. > > Amit There is a known Ultrix 4.x bug that causes DECstations to hang when rlogin'ing to Suns. You should call DEC support and get a tape with the fixed rlogin. jeff -- Jeff Kays E-Mail: jkays@msc.edu Minnesota Supercomputer Center Phone: (612) 626-1824 Minneapolis, Minnesota Fax: (612) 624-6550 "May fortune favor the foolish"