Subject: Re: Compile Problem 3.92 and 3.93

From: Vicki <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 13:43:19 -0700

On 16 Apr 1996, Mike Zawacki wrote:

>      I am getting little help from my administrator at Penn State so
> I'll post my question here.  I am trying to compile pine 3.93 on a remote
> system at Penn State so I can use the POP3 support.

Hi Mike, firstly, it may be helpful to post some information on the 
system you are using, the problem may be system-specific.

> (I am off campus this
> semester) Anyways, The compile seems to go fine, but when I try to run the
> program I get an error stating that Pine can't tell who is trying to run
> pine.  The error msg follows: 

> Who are you? (Unable to look up login name) 
> Does anyone know why I am getting this error? 

Well, assuming you haven't found the problem yet, here are my two little 
guesses.  They're not solutions, but they may give you some idea of where 
to trouble-shoot.

1.  There may be a problem with the actual username lookup function on 
your machine... look for functions such as getuid() and so on.  Also 
check that Pine can get access to files which provide cross-references 
such as /etc/password on a UNIX system.

2.  If you are using something non-UNIX, check to see that your TCP/IP or 
general networking stack does make a username available, either by forcing 
you to use a login when you startup, or by using a fixed default for your 
system.

Good luck,

Vicki Pollard