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Article #775Re: remote logins not showing up in 'w' command
From: anders
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1985 15:03
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1985 15:03
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In article <bgsuvax.557> herber@bgsuvax.UUCP writes:
>OK.... So here's the problem. When I rlogin to the second VAX and do a
>'w' or 'who' command, the user logged into the pseudo terminal from the
>network does not show up in the list. I can use the 'ps' command and see
>the user's processes having a pty for a controlling terminal but the
>/etc/utmp and /usr/adm/wtmp files are not being updated when the rlogin
>occurs. I have the same problem if I use the telnet software to make
>a remote connection.
You probably dont have the pseudo tty's as entries in the /etc/ttys
file. That is, entries like:
02ttyp0
02ttyp1
.
.
02ttypf
This is a suggestion based purely on experience without any reasoning
on my part.
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Anders Bj|rnerstedt
Department of Information Processing & Computer Science
University of Stockholm
S-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
UUCP: {seismo,decvax,philabs}!{mcvax,ukc,unido}!enea!suadb!anders
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site suadb.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!grkermi!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!enea!suadb!anders From: anders@suadb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lan,net.unix,net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: remote logins not showing up in 'w' command Message-ID: <143@suadb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Jun-85 11:03:26 EDT Article-I.D.: suadb.143 Posted: Thu Jun 13 11:03:26 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Jun-85 03:14:27 EDT References: <bgsuvax.557> Reply-To: anders@suadb.UUCP (Anders Bj|rnerstedt) Organization: SU ADB, Sweden Lines: 30