Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 10:28:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: =?gb2312?q?leo?= <trampeagle@yahoo.com.cn> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why the command of "who" dosen't work while i login through xdm Message-ID: <20040816102637.B30211@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <20040813034317.56188.qmail@web15306.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> References: <20040813034317.56188.qmail@web15306.mail.bjs.yahoo.com>
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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
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