An error message from the quota command includes junk characters: (I've changed the hostname) quota: ñï 8 h¦ù¿òðï ¸¦ù¿ðï 0]: error while getting quota from myhost:/export/home for 8230: Connection refused $ quota quota: ñ_8qXóê¿òð_¨óê¿ð_0]: error while getting quota from myhost:/export/home for 8230: Connection refused As you can see, the junk varies between invocations. Here is an escaped version of the message as rendered by cat: $ quota 2>&1 | cat -v quota: M-q_u 8qu XM-^PM-kM-?M-rM-I^D^HM-p_u ^XM-^A^E^HM-(M-^PM-kM-?M-^@M-E^D^HM-p_u 0]M-^C: error while getting quota from myhost:/export/home for 8230: Connection refused
Created attachment 133688 [details] fix1 Erroneous programming. A variable declared conditionally was being used unconditionally and effectively without initialization. Probably programmer got confused with the variables 'name' and 'progname'. /me sympathizes. Attached patch should take care of it.
fixed in quota-3.12-6.el4 fixed in quota-3.13-1.2.3.2.el5 fixed in quota-3.13-1.2.3.2.fc6 fixed in quota-3.13-1.2.3.1.fc7
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An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0289.html