From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jul 31 08:39:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA16131 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:39:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hauki.clinet.fi (root@hauki.clinet.fi [194.100.0.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id IAA16108 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 08:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from katiska.clinet.fi (root@katiska.clinet.fi [194.100.0.4]) by hauki.clinet.fi (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id SAA11582; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:38:39 +0300 (EET DST) Received: (hsu@localhost) by katiska.clinet.fi (8.8.6/8.6.4) id SAA23414; Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:38:38 +0300 (EEST) Date: Thu, 31 Jul 1997 18:38:38 +0300 (EEST) Message-Id: <199707311538.SAA23414@katiska.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu To: ee96199@tom.fe.up.pt Cc: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org In-reply-to: jmg@bug.fe.up.pt's message of 29 Jul 1997 07:53:07 +0300 Subject: Re: bin/4187: w command Organization: Clinet Ltd, Espoo, Finland References: <199707281552.QAA00784@garfield.telepac.pt> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: jmg@bug.fe.up.pt >Synopsis: The w command should have a larger tty field Like most Unices FreeBSD should have a larger tty field at least as large as UT_LINESIZE (/usr/include/utmp.h). If the tty name is logged with this size why isn't the w command reporting it? All of it should be larger. Most most host names are longer than 16 bytes, for example. Making it variable-length ascii file would seem best, but will need some form of compatibility and lots of communication between various unices to avoid everyone inventing their own. -- Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-9-43542270 fax -4555276