Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:03:20 -0600 From: Dan Riley <daniel@vailsys.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: utmp/wtmp errors? Message-ID: <33244CE8.ABD322C@vailsys.com> References: <331F0CF6.167EB0E7@vailsys.com> <331F0DF8.2781E494@vailsys.com> <3320483F.41C67EA6@vailsys.com> <33241213.41C67EA6@vailsys.com>
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This thread seems to be getting no where in the questions list and being so close to 2.2-R I think it may be relevant to bring up here. I will also forward a post and response from some one else who is having a similiar problem with wtmp. > I seem to have run into a bit of a problem with xterms and rexec logins > and maybe utmp... > > First of all my local xterm login shells (X started with xdm) do not > show up, I have at least 4 xterms open as daniel (root is on the console > not > xtermed): > > >slave1 daniel /home/daniel > w > >12:14PM up 2:35, 1 user, load averages: 0.14, 0.27, 0.26 > >USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > >root v0 - 9:55AM 2:17 -csh (csh) > >slave1 daniel /home/daniel > finger > >Login Name TTY Idle Login Time Office Office > Phone > >root Charlie Root *v0 2:17 Thu 09:55 > >slave1 daniel /home/daniel > who > >root ttyv0 Mar 6 09:55 > > neither do xterm login shells started remotely via rexec or with a +ut > option: > >slave1 daniel /home/daniel > xterm -ls +ut > >slave1 daniel /usr/home/daniel > who > >root ttyv0 Mar 6 09:55 > >el 3 Dec 31 18:00 > >4 W > >~3ttypJul 27 23:16 > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > what in the world is this entry? > > >slave1 daniel /usr/home/daniel > w > >w: /dev//3: No such file or directory > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > and this? > > but if I rlogin localhost from a xterm or just on a virtual tty they > seem to show up normally: > >slave1 daniel /usr/home/daniel > w > >12:15PM up 2:35, 2 users, load averages: 0.28, 0.29, 0.26 > >USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > >root v0 - 9:55AM 2:18 -csh (csh) > >daniel p3 localhost 12:15PM - w > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > it worked ?!?! > > I am running 2.2-Gamma but see the same sort of weirdness on 2.1.5/6 > systems, any clues as to what I may have mis-configured or what is goin > on? > > Thanks
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