Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 03:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/35769: w does not correctly interpret X sessions Message-ID: <200203111140.g2BBe2J54539@freefall.freebsd.org>
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From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Michael Wardle <michael@endbracket.net>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/35769: w does not correctly interpret X sessions
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 03:31:59 -0800
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 02:10:17AM -0800, Michael Wardle wrote:
[snip]
> >Description:
> If I do "w" on my system, I get this output:
> -----
> w: /dev/:0: No such file or directory
> w: /dev/air.:0: No such file or directory
> 9:04PM up 20:32, 0 users, load averages: 0.04, 0.06, 0.02
> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
> -----
>
> I guess it tries to interpret the terminal (usually something like ttyv1) as an entry in /dev, however a user can also be logged in on an X session such as :0 or remotehost:0. These "terminals" should not
> be interpreted as entries in /dev.
You should bet getting the pty(4) associated with the session.
> Running "who" on my system shows what is really happening:
> -----
> michael :0 Mar 11 20:57
> alison air.:0 Mar 11 20:52
> -----
>
> I have configured this host as a remote X server, so most logins are
> actually performed remotely using XDMCP, but I expect this will also
> work if only a local X session is active.
Hmmm...
$ echo $DISPLAY
blossom.cjclark.org:10.0
$ tty
/dev/ttyp3
$ w
3:31AM up 33 days, 3:08, 7 users, load averages: 1.02, 1.03, 1.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
cjc p0 vegeta Wed08AM 1 emacs /var/tmp/tmp_cjc/mutt-blossom-57999-1626
cjc p1 blossom.cjclark. Wed08AM 35 tcsh
cjc p2 blossom.cjclark. Wed08AM 49 tcsh
> >How-To-Repeat:
> establish an X session on the host, then issue "w".
What does 'tty' return for one of these sessions?
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