Patch-ID# 100272-05
Keywords: biff, comsat, mail, 4.1, in.comsat, daemon, 8-character, login 
Synopsis: SunOS 4.1.1;4.1.2;4.1.3 in.comsat daemon fails with 8-character login names
Date: Mar/19/93
 
SunOS release: 4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3
 
Unbundled Product: 
 
Unbundled Release:
 
Topic: in.comsat + 8bit login 
 
BugId's fixed with this patch: 1035603 

Architectures for which this patch is available: sun4c sun3 sun3x sun4

Patches which may conflict with this patch:

Obsoleted by: SunOS 5.0

Problem Description: 4.1 in.comsat daemon fails with 8-character login names,
especially when one is logged in remotely.  in.comsat core dumps in this case,
and the user's mail is not biff'ed to the terminal.


INSTALL: 

 1) Make a backup copy of the old file:
mv /usr/etc/in.comsat /usr/etc/in.comsat.fcs

 2) Now copy in the patched files and set permissions:
cp `arch -k`/{4.1.1,4.1.2,4.1.3}/in.comsat /usr/etc
chown root /usr/etc/in.comsat
chmod 755 /usr/etc/in.comsat
chgrp staff /usr/etc/incomsat