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Date:      Thu, 31 Aug 1995 15:32:14 +0100
From:      Paul Richards <paul@netcraft.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   bin/716: W returns wrong results at login
Message-ID:  <199508311432.PAA01470@server.netcraft.co.uk>
Resent-Message-ID: <199508311515.IAA07431@freefall.FreeBSD.org>

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>Number:         716
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       W returns wrong results at login
>Confidential:   yes
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 31 07:40:01 PDT 1995
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Richards
>Organization:
Paul Richards, Bluebird Computer Systems.
  Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, http://www.freebsd.org/~paul
  Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1222 457651 (home)
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.0-BUILT-19950527 i386
>Environment:

	

>Description:

Immediately on login the w command can give spurious login time,
I have w in my .login and this happens most of the time on freefall
and elsewhere,

 7:29AM  up 2 days, 15:23, 16 users, load averages: 1.37, 1.36, 1.32
 USER    TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
 jkh      p0 time.cdrom.com   Tue11AM  1:06 -bash (bash)
 rgrimes  p1 gndrsh.aac.dev.c  4:37AM  2:22 -csh (csh)
 nate     p2 trout.sri.MT.net Mon05PM 33:16 -tcsh (tcsh)
 wollman  p3 halloran-eldar.l Wed07AM 23:42 -bash (bash)
 gibbs    p4 mother.cdrom.com Mon06PM 16:07 -tcsh (tcsh)
 dyson    p5 gw4.att.com       7:22AM     3 -bash (bash)
 peter    p6 haywire.DIALix.C Mon06PM 17:31 -tcsh (tcsh)
 markm    p7 grumble.grondar. Wed03AM 18:00 -bash (bash)
 davidg   p8 X.Root.COM       Tue02AM  4:27 -tcsh (tcsh)
 gibbs    p9 narnia.HIP.Berke Tue08PM  8:06 -tcsh (tcsh)
 jmb      pa karma.Atinc.COM  Wed10AM 20:03 -csh (csh)
 nate     pb sri.MT.net       Tue09AM 1days -tcsh (tcsh)
 davidg   pc X.Root.COM       Wed02AM  4:29 less cvs-sys 
 jkh      pd time.cdrom.com   Wed03AM 16:34 -bash (bash)
 paul     pe server.netcraft.  7:29AM    24 w 
 jmb      pf karma.Atinc.COM   6:17AM  1:03 -csh (csh)
 freefall:~% w
  7:29AM  up 2 days, 15:24, 16 users, load averages: 1.39, 1.36, 1.32
  USER    TTY FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
  jkh      p0 time.cdrom.com   Tue11AM  1:06 -bash (bash)
  rgrimes  p1 gndrsh.aac.dev.c  4:37AM  2:22 -csh (csh)
  nate     p2 trout.sri.MT.net Mon05PM 33:17 -tcsh (tcsh)
  wollman  p3 halloran-eldar.l Wed07AM 23:42 -bash (bash)
  gibbs    p4 mother.cdrom.com Mon06PM 16:08 -tcsh (tcsh)
  dyson    p5 gw4.att.com       7:22AM     3 -bash (bash)
  peter    p6 haywire.DIALix.C Mon06PM 17:31 -tcsh (tcsh)
  markm    p7 grumble.grondar. Wed03AM 18:00 -bash (bash)
  davidg   p8 X.Root.COM       Tue02AM  4:27 -tcsh (tcsh)
  gibbs    p9 narnia.HIP.Berke Tue08PM  8:06 -tcsh (tcsh)
  jmb      pa karma.Atinc.COM  Wed10AM 20:03 -csh (csh)
  nate     pb sri.MT.net       Tue09AM 1days -tcsh (tcsh)
  davidg   pc X.Root.COM       Wed02AM  4:29 less cvs-sys 
  jkh      pd time.cdrom.com   Wed03AM 16:35 -bash (bash)
  paul     pe server.netcraft.  7:29AM     - w 
  jmb      pf karma.Atinc.COM   6:17AM  1:03 -csh (csh)

The first is the end of the output from my .login and the second is
the command I issue as soon as I get my first prompt.


>How-To-Repeat:

See above

>Fix:
	
	

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:



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