At 06:44 AM 6/1/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I have those links in every home directory of every user on my system. In
>all the home directories except the user currently logged in the link is red
>and flashing, indicating that it is a broken link. In the home directory of
>the user logged in, the link point like this (warning: broken line length):
>
>lrwxrwxrwx 1 mitch mitch 48 Jun 1 05:25
>.DCOPserver_colossus.thompson.net ->
>/home/mitch/.DCOPserver_colossus.thompson.net_:0
I haven't seen whether or not this has been answered, so if it has, ignore
this message! :)
DCOP is KDE's "Desktop Communications Protocol", and is a kind of IPC for
KDE programs.
This link behaves like a socket, and is only a valid link when KDE is active.
Here's the scoop on DCOP:
http://k-lug.com/doclib/KDE20Development-html/index.html
Hope this wasn't redundant.
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Craig Sprout
Network Administrator
Crown Parts and Machine, Inc.
http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com
