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- From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
- Subject: Re: User doesn't show up with who command
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.193954.17541@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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- References: <BrpqFD.oIu@atg.amex-trs.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 19:39:54 GMT
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- In article <BrpqFD.oIu@atg.amex-trs.com> croyer@atg.amex-trs.com
- writes:
- >
- > Does anyone know why a user would NOT show up with a "who" command
- > even though he is logged in and shows up with "ps"?
- >
- > {HiRollers:croyer}814: ps | grep tcasey
- > tcasey 19424 0.0 0.0 344 412 - S 08:29:03 0:01 xterm
- > tcasey 32227 0.0 0.0 168 360 pts/6 S 08:29:08 0:00 -csh
- > tcasey 33005 0.0 0.0 156 60 pts/6 S 08:29:20 0:00 rlogin brainiac
- > tcasey 33259 0.0 0.0 152 40 pts/6 S 08:29:19 0:00 rlogin brainiac
- > tcasey 33505 0.0 1.0 568 640 - S 08:29:05 0:14 mwm
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- Since he's running `xterm', there are a few possibilities:
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- 1) He has xterm's `utmpInhibit' resource set.
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- 2) He's using xterm's `-ut' option.
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- 3) `xterm' isn't setuid root.
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- - Charles Hannum, mycroft@ai.mit.edu
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