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From: Sean Eric Fagan <sef@Kithrup.COM>
Message-Id: <199708111532.IAA08173@kithrup.com>
To: jonz@netrail.net
Subject: Re: Procfs Patch Problem
Cc: security@freebsd.org
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>After installing the procfs patch, I noticed that my 'w' is broken...
>
>USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
>iguana   Q0  207.22.119.2      9:52AM     2 -
>jonz     Q1  d11.dial-1.lwr.m  9:37AM     2 -
>jonz     Q2  d11.dial-1.lwr.m  9:41AM     2 -
>jonz     Q3  d11.dial-1.lwr.m  9:59AM     2 -
>nathane  Q4  billing.ATL       9:44AM     2 -
>keith    Q5  paneer.ATL        9:56AM     2 -
>seast    Q6  columbus.mxdii.c  9:56AM     2 -
>medvid   Q7  sys719.dtic.mil  10:00AM     2 -
>
>For one, they're logging in as ttypx, not ttyQs, but for another it
>doesn't update idle time, or 'WHAT' .   

It works for me; I tried it as both root and a normal user.

garth {10} w
 8:31AM  up 4 mins, 4 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
USER     TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
root     v0  -                 8:28AM     3 -csh (csh)
sef      v1  -                 8:28AM     - w
sef      v2  -                 8:28AM     - rlogin -L8 kithrup
sef      p0  kithrup.com       8:31AM     - -tcsh (tcsh)

Sean.