From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 16 17:28:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2F6616A4CE for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:28:41 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EE743D39 for ; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:28:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id B8AAB72DD5; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:28:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B607E72DD4; Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:28:41 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:28:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: =?gb2312?q?leo?= In-Reply-To: <20040813034317.56188.qmail@web15306.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <20040816102637.B30211@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040813034317.56188.qmail@web15306.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why the command of "who" dosen't work while i login through xdm X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 17:28:42 -0000 On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, [gb2312] leo wrote: > Hello, > The version of FreeBSD I use is 4.10. > > After I login the system through the xdm from a remote > machine which runs the simulated X terminal.I start > the kde enviornment in the .xsession file under the ~/ > directory. after the kde started.I open konsole of > kde(version 1.3.2) and type the command of who, and > the konsole tells me that there nobody login to the > system. neither i can see anybody has logined the > system in the local terminal.It's a surpring > phenomena. konsole is not writing utmp entires it appears. I'll have to check this on my work box (which is on -CURRENT) but I think its fixed in later versions of konsole. The login records are a function of whatever spawns the terminal, which is usually login(8) but in X its usually xterm. its not fatal but can be disconcerting :) -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org