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Date: Sun 12-Sep-1991 15:47:25 From: zazula@bonehead.tucson.az.us (Ralph Zazula) Subject: Infinite loop in NetInfo aliases I was cleaning up my aliases in NetInfo when I noticed I had somehow gotten 2 copies of the same alias (probably from an niload(1)). When I deleted the first one, the second ones name changed to "dir:0". When I click on "dir:0" I see what one would get from clicking on "/"... I verified that this is indeed "/" by renaming the directory and subsequently changed the "/" entry... So, how do I get rid of this /->aliases->/->aliases... loop without trashing the rest of my NetInfo database??? Thanks, Ralph
Date: Sun 12-Sep-1991 15:47:25 From: zazula@bonehead.tucson.az.us (Ralph Zazula) Subject: Infinite loop in NetInfo aliases I was cleaning up my aliases in NetInfo when I noticed I had somehow gotten 2 copies of the same alias (probably from an niload(1)). When I deleted the first one, the second ones name changed to "dir:0". When I click on "dir:0" I see what one would get from clicking on "/"... I verified that this is indeed "/" by renaming the directory and subsequently changed the "/" entry... So, how do I get rid of this /->aliases->/->aliases... loop without trashing the rest of my NetInfo database??? Thanks, Ralph
Date: Sun 12-Sep-1991 17:23:05 From: matthews@lewhoosh.umd.edu (Mike Matthews) Subject: Re: Infinite loop in NetInfo aliases In article <1991Sep12.084727.1492@arizona.edu> zazula@bonehead.tucson.az.us (Ralph Zazula) writes: >I was cleaning up my aliases in NetInfo when I noticed I had somehow gotten 2 >copies of the same alias (probably from an niload(1)). When I deleted the >first one, the second ones name changed to "dir:0". When I click on "dir:0" I >see what one would get from clicking on "/"... I verified that this is >indeed "/" by renaming the directory and subsequently changed the "/" entry... >So, how do I get rid of this /->aliases->/->aliases... loop without trashing >the rest of my NetInfo database??? >Thanks, >Ralph That was a NeXT technical release errata thingie. If you use NetInfoManager those endless loops might come up. The workaround (*NOT* a fix) is to add a line to your /etc/rc file: # Start up the netinfo daemon if [ -f /usr/etc/nibindd ]; then rm -f /private/etc/netinfo/*.nidb/checksum # ADD THIS LINE /usr/etc/nibindd && (echo -n ' netinfo') >/dev/console 2>&1 fi This will delete the checksum files which will hopefully make the infinite loop just an annoyance. I've never had it happen to me, and I forget what the letter said, but this is their workaround. Mike
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