Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!sybil.UUCP!ardai From: ardai@sybil.UUCP (Mike Ardai) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Terminal name length problems Message-ID: <8807310252.AA02206@sybil.ARPA> Date: 31 Jul 88 02:52:19 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 I just noticed some strangeness on our 8550. It has been up for 30 days, and the lat terminal numbers have just topped 999. It seems that 'show users' or something is using an 8-byte buffer to hold the terminal name and has just overflowed. I hope there is nothing important in the next byte :-} Does anyone know if this is just an ignorable nuisance, or is it a potential problem? /mike VAX/VMS Interactive Users 30-JUL-1988 10:43:14.44 Total number of interactive users = 3 Username Process Name PID Terminal ARDAI Ardai 20407260 LTA1009 LTA1009: ZELLER ZELLER985 20406522 LTA985: ZELLER ZELLER986 20406525 LTA986: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael L. Ardai Teradyne DATA Group Usenet: ...!sun!sequent!sybil!ardai USnail: 179 Lincoln St. Boston MA 02111 *** Note: SYBIL is not a gateway into Teradyne's internal network *** #include