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- From: dittrich@carson.u.washington.edu (Dave Dittrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: corpses in /etc/utmp??
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.182818.1427@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:28:18 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec22.182818.1427
- References: <1992Dec14.065132.10738@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
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- Organization: University of Washington
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- callahan@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
-
- >I have noticed some bizarre behavior on several machines running
- >4.0.5. Entries hang around in /etc/utmp, causing 'who' and 'finger'
- >to give incorrect information.
-
- >For instance, I am, right now, the only person logged on to this machine,
- >but 'who' lists two other users, taking up 4 pseudo-ttys. I think
- >something is failing to remove /etc/utmp entries when people log off/
- >close windows.
-
- >I observe this phenomenon on four separate machines.
-
- >So, some questions
- >1) Does anyone else suffer from this problem?
-
- Yes. We have the same problem here on our 16 RPCs running 4.0.5. Problem started
- to appear after upgrade to 4.0.5, so I suspect something got broken in this version.
-
- >3) If so, is there a patch or something from SGI to fix it?
-
- I'm looking for the fix too! Anyone from SGI able to duplicate this? If not, get
- in touch with me and I will supply you with whatever info you need to find the
- problem.
-