ugly silly who(1) bug in AT&T V/386 3.2.2

[Jim Deitch]

In article <1991Mar30.042931.19546 at informix.com> aland at infmx.informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes:
>Grrrrrrrrrr....
>
>I've been trying to figure this out for a YEAR, and I just stumbled
>on to the isolated case...
>
>Sometimes, not always, I was getting null returns out of "who am i".
>And I thought my machine was just having an identity crisis.
>
>Now, after stringing thru the ?tmp files, I've isolated it: 
>who am i returns nothing for all user names which are exactly 8 
>characters!   
>
>Does anybody know if this is a known bug?  Does it affect ISC, SCO,
>ESIX, etc?
>
>
>--
>Alan Denney  # aland at informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland
>
> "These tests will have no effect on your grades.  They will merely
>  determine your future social status and financial success, if any."
>            - Matt Groening

Breaks on ISC 2.2.1

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