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Date:      Mon, 29 Apr 2002 06:59:23 -0700
From:      Cy Schubert - CITS Open Systems Group <Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
To:        "Vladislav V. Zhuk" <admin@dru.dn.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Big troubles with WHO !!! 
Message-ID:  <200204291359.g3TDxNVa011525@cwsys.cwsent.com>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Vladislav V. Zhuk" <admin@dru.dn.ua>  of "Mon, 29 Apr 2002 16:35:58 %2B0300." <20020429133558.GA2472@dru.dn.ua> 

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In message <20020429133558.GA2472@dru.dn.ua>, "Vladislav V. Zhuk" 
writes:
> Hi!
> 
> The who(1) utility sometimes don't display some logged users.
> 
> For example, user "test" logged to system now:
> 
> > who
> admin            ttyv1   29 апр 15:51
> admin            ttyv2   29 апр 15:54
> admin            ttyv3   29 апр 15:54
> admin            ttyv4   29 апр 15:56
> admin            ttyv6   29 апр 15:58
> admin            ttyv7   29 апр 15:52
> vesko            ttydb   29 апр 15:51   (:PPP)
> mirosedi         ttydl   29 апр 16:05   (:PPP)
> admin            ttyp0   29 апр 15:54   (:ttyv9:S.1)
> admin            ttyp1   29 апр 15:54   (:ttyv9:S.2)
> 
> # last test
> test             ttydk    :PPP             пн 29 апр 16:01   still logged in
> test             ttydi    :PPP             пн 29 апр 15:02 - 15:04  (00:02)
> test             ttydh    :PPP             пн 29 апр 15:01 - 15:01  (00:00)
> test             ttydk    :PPP             пн 29 апр 13:30 - 14:14  (00:44)
> test             ttydl    :PPP             пн 29 апр 13:17 - 13:26  (00:09)
> test             ttydm    :PPP             пн 29 апр 11:04 - 13:15  (02:11)
> test             ttydl    :PPP             пн 29 апр 10:00 - 10:48  (00:48)
> 
> This problem appeared after my last cvsup/buildworld
> Fri Apr 26 16:15:52 EEST 2002
> 
> What I must do for fix this??

This indicates that an application is writing to wtmp but not utmp, or 
when users log out an application is cleaning up after itself in utmp 
but not in wtmp.  To prove either of these theories, you need to verify 
your who and last output with ps.



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