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- From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
- Subject: Re: logout updating who display
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- References: <1992Nov18.231159.3508@athena.mit.edu>
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.033733.14948@unislc.uucp>
- Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 03:37:33 GMT
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- Craig Metz (vaz@eagle.TC.cornell.edu) wrote:
-
- : Might I ask exactly what program updates the /etc/utmp file such that
- : users who have logged out don't show up as logged in anymore? I installed SLS
- : and my system handled this procedure properly, but since installing poe-IGL
- : and admutils (latest versions), my system does not properly handle updating
- : the utmp file when a user logs out to reflect the user not being logged in any
- : more. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how this problem may be fixed?
-
- I think init does. What happens is, getty spawns login which writes an entry
- to /etc/utmp, then spawns a shell. When the shell dies, init sees it, takes
- the ttyslot() record out of /etc/utmp, and appends it to /etc/wtmp. At least,
- that's the way it usually works. :)
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
-
- "There is nothing to seek and nothing to find. You're already enlightened, and
- all the words in the world won't give you what you already have. The wise
- seeker, therefore, is concerned with one thing only: to become aware of what
- he already is, of the True Self within." -- Zen maxim
- --
- Ed Carp erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com 801/538-0177
-
- "There is nothing to seek and nothing to find. You're already enlightened, and
- all the words in the world won't give you what you already have. The wise
-