Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 22:15:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris <chrismar@readington.com> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ghost user? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904282211210.1442-100000@walnut.readington.com> In-Reply-To: <199904290208.TAA88885@unixfreak.org>
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Whetever this happens to me I find the only way to fix it is log in as many times as it takes to use that pty again. There might be a more elegand way to do this. Chris On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Dima Dorfman wrote: > hi, today, when i did a w(1), i noticed that i have a user logged on, but > they aren't running anything. for example: > > geoffrey ph localhost 6:38PM 26 - > > that is part of the w(1) output. when i do ``ps ajfxU geoffrey'', ps > reports that they aren't running anything. > > why does this happen? and how can i log them out? usually, to log out a > user, i would kill their shell, but they aren't running a shell! > > i'm running freebsd 3.1-stable. > > thanks in advance, > --dima > > > -- > Dima Dorfman > /-----------------------------------------------------\ > | irc: eclipze@efnet/dalnet | whois: DD10140@internic | > | email: dima@unixfreak.org | http: www.unixfreak.org | > \-----------------------------------------------------/ > > Windoze droolz. FreeBSD rulez. http://www.FreeBSD.org/ > Microsoft: How long do you want to wait today? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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