Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 16:17:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Jason Young <doogie@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com> To: Adam McDougall <mcdougall@ameritech.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with w and who Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970908161539.4082A-100000@forbidden-donut.anet-stl.com> In-Reply-To: <3414625B.A47402C9@ameritech.net>
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Adam McDougall wrote:
> When I have several users logged in, w and who only show 2 users total,
> me and a fake user called ttyp3... like this:
>
> bsdx: {23} w
> 4:37PM up 41 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.33, 0.23, 0.11
> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
> user1 v0 - 3:59PM 37 xinit
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xi
> ttyp3 :0.0 4:00PM 41 -
>
> I am using 3.0-current and I have had this problem for several days,
> maybe the whole time ive had 3.0, im not sure, but I have cvsup'ed and
> make'd world almost every day this week and the problem has not gone
> away. Thanks,
Isn't this in a FAQ somewhere?
You're using some program (most likely an xterm from what you've got
running there) that is trashing utmp because it is compiled for 8
character user names, and 3.0-CURRENT uses 16 (or was it 15?). Either way,
recompile your programs that use utmp.
Jason Young
ANET Chief Network Engineer
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