From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
To: segaloco <segaloco@protonmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: [TUHS] Re: The Gnome and Its "Secret Place"
Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 22:23:49 -0600 [thread overview]
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On Mon, May 8, 2023, 9:32 PM segaloco via TUHS <tuhs@tuhs.org> wrote:
> > > In the midst of my documentation research, I've done a little analysis
> on the life and times of this whimsical little phrase which first appeared
> in the "HOW TO GET STARTED" or basinf section of the Third Edition manual
> (a derivative of the original login(VII) page):
> >
> > > "When you type to UNIX, a gnome deep in the system is gathering your
> characters and saving them in a secret place."
> >
> >
> > No sign of a login(VII) page in my "Program Generic PG-1C300 Issue 2"
> > manual (no page, no entry in table of context, or permuted index).
>
> By that point the quoted section was likely in the intro preceding the TOC
> and permuted index. The login(VII) page only survived the first two
> editions, but portions of it were augmented into the secondary part of the
> introduction starting with the Third Edition manual.
>
> https://gitlab.com/segaloco/v2man/-/blob/master/man7/login.7
>
> vs
>
> https://www.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V3/man/man0/basinf
>
> This basinf file persisted until somewhere between V6 and V7 when it was
> merged with intro.
>
I wonder if this is why the default root password on Venix is gnomes?
Warner
> - Matt G.
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-09 4:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-04 3:51 [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-08 22:33 ` [TUHS] " Phil Budne
2023-05-09 3:32 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-09 4:23 ` Warner Losh [this message]
2023-05-09 4:36 ` Phil Budne
2023-05-09 5:09 ` segaloco via TUHS
2023-05-09 13:31 ` A. P. Garcia
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