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From: mohamed@hscfvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: /etc/gettable under Ultrix 1.2
Message-ID: <347@hscfvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 14-Mar-87 09:58:04 EST
Article-I.D.: hscfvax.347
Posted: Sat Mar 14 09:58:04 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Mar-87 13:37:45 EST
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Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University
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Keywords: nicname hostname sri-nic

Running /etc/gettable under Ultrix 1.2 produces the following in
the file hosts.txt:

	[No name] (all)		[No mailbox]

	   This is the NICNAME port.  You probably want the
	   HOSTNAME port, which understands the "ALL" command
	   to mean send back the current host table.

Since we have sources the fix was trivial.  My question is: How did
this problem arise?  Has the NIC changed something recently, or did
DEC goof?