Problems with multi-user upgrades (was Re: SECURITY BUG)
John G. DeArmond
jgd at Dixie.Com
Fri Feb 15 05:21:26 AEST 1991
davidg at aegis.UUCP (Dave McLane) writes:
>> It's going to be very interesting to see how fast ISC responds to this
>> now...
>As a sample of how "fast" ISC responds, I have been trying for a
>month to get them to send me a replacement for the disk that was
>supposed to update my $2149 Architech Developer to Multi-User.
>They won't send me a new disk as they claim that I can't possibly
>have the disk as the registration number doesn't include
>Fortunately, Michele Steiner at Prog. Con. was a bit more understanding
>and has said that she ISC will send her a disk (in a week) and she will
>mail it to me. Kudos to Michele, and a big Bronx cheer to ISC.
Meanwhile, all you have to do is replace /bin/login with either a public
domain version or one from ISC 2.0.2. The login process is the place
where the 2 user version checks for the number of users. I've seen
no evidence of it being checked anywhere else. Indeed, this is how
I upgraded this system. I had a hassle getting the upgrade disk (must
be standard company policy) so on a hunch, I tried /bin/login from
my previous version of Unix. Voila! So now even though I have the upgrade
disk, it is laying on the shelf unopened.
If you don't have a public domain login (several have been on the net
at various intervals), see me in email and I'll ship you one.
John
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