Subj : Linux BBS
To   : Shawn Highfield
From : Russell Tiedt
Date : Sun Nov 04 2007 07:57 pm

Hello Shawn.

04 Nov 07 11:07, you wrote to me:

 RT>> I vaugely recall an issue with some distro's not allowing an
 RT>> empty password  field awhile back ...

 SH>   Fixed that!  Now just fighting with Dosemu, and the fido utils. ;)
 SH> (Oh and see below)

Dosemu and fido utils, dosemu for doors, fido utils for ... ?

 RT>> importer/dealers/main principles, whatever work on Saturdays? or
 RT>> is it just  poor buggers like me who work Saturdays ... <sigh>

 SH>   Only poor buggers like us!  I ran a computer store for many years
 SH> and if we were out of stock on a Saturday (or friday night) the
 SH> customers were screwed until Monday.

In this case, they will re-order on Monday, so likely only get on Teusday 
afternoon or Wednesday ...

 SH>>> to make sure it can handle the volume of phone calls around here
 SH>>> during the week.

 RT>> Hoping it all works AS EXPECTED ... :-)

 SH>   Grumble, so far it hangs up on me at exactly 5:30 into a phone call.
 SH> Nothing in the log files explaining it... Going to spend today with
 SH> Grep and log files I guess. <sigh>  This is why I sometimes hate
 SH> opensource, it's just not friendly when your tracking a problem.  But
 SH> ... rather do this then spend $900 on commercial software.

Hmmm, sounds awfully like an config option or "feature", so I'd not be 
suprised if the logs are not helpfull, tho you might get lucky ...

Hoping you find it soon, and that it is easy to fix ...

Enjoy!

Russell

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