From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:11:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:11:11 -0400 Received: from ncc1701.cistron.net ([195.64.68.38]:17413 "EHLO ncc1701.cistron.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:10:59 -0400 From: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) Subject: Re: login vs. portmap revisited Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 18:11:21 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Cistron Internet Services B.V. Message-ID: <9ot5o9$uuk$4@ncc1701.cistron.net> In-Reply-To: <20010926131931.D5832@emma1.emma.line.org> X-Trace: ncc1701.cistron.net 1001527881 31700 195.64.65.67 (26 Sep 2001 18:11:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cistron.nl X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test75 (Feb 13, 2001) Originator: miquels@cistron-office.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <20010926131931.D5832@emma1.emma.line.org>, Matthias Andree wrote: >I recently dug through the mail archives to figure why my login requires >portmap. It seems that poll or recvfrom return semantics have changed >from 2.2 to 2.4, and some login or PAM didn't track the change. It's probably NIS. >Does anyone have details on this? Whom do I ask for updates? PAM guys? >glibc guys? "login" maintainer? Yep, all those, but NOT the kernel development mailinglist. Mike. -- "I think...I think it's in my basement. Let me go upstairs and check." -- M.C. Escher (1898-1972)