Subject: Bug#4401: rcvtty doesn't work properly...

From: "Larry 'Daffy' Daffner" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 19:57:31 -0500

Package: mh
Version: 6.8.4-2

rcvtty looks for utmp in /etc/utmp, rather than /var/run utmp, which
causes it to fail.  This can be worked around by making a symbolic
link, but that's an incorrect solution.  It should be checking
/var/run/utmp for a utmp entry.

Also, after fixing that problem, it will not work without the "-biff"
option.  I suspect that this indecates a mismatch between the
permission bit(s) it checks, and the permission bit(s) that mesg sets,
since it never attempts to notify the tty.

-Larry

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