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- From: yedidya@bimacs.BITNET (Yedidya Israel)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
- Subject: Re: "null" entries in sulog?
- Message-ID: <4607@bimacs.BITNET>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 15:09:38 GMT
- References: <BzxM2q.5Hx@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Dec28.014543.383@coe.montana.edu>
- Organization: Math department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL
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- In article <1992Dec28.014543.383@coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
- >In article <BzxM2q.5Hx@unix.amherst.edu> twpierce@unix.amherst.edu (Tim Pierce) writes:
- >>Every now and again, I see an entry like the following in
- >>/usr/adm/sulog.
- >>
- >>> SU: /dev/ttyp0 Sat Dec 26 01:47:54 1992
- >>
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- >Seems I have seen this when there weren't enough entries in utmp for all
- >the pseudo-terminal devices.
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- It is caused when no entry for the user/tty in utmp this can be caused
- by several occassions like using a window (X or screen) that does not
- log itself in utmp usually by lack of permission.
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