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Date:      Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:25:22 -0800
From:      "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        Sefkan Botani <sefkan@tr909.trackstar.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: command `who` fails (?)
Message-ID:  <20001119172522.G12190@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011191710210.66609-100000@tr909.trackstar.org>; from sefkan@tr909.trackstar.org on Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:13:52PM -0800
References:  <20001119190655.B23989@peorth.iteration.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011191710210.66609-100000@tr909.trackstar.org>

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On Sun, Nov 19, 2000 at 05:13:52PM -0800, Sefkan Botani wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> I believe I've found a small quirk in the "who" command.
> "who" does not correctly display who is on my machine.
> 
> I've confirmed this by trying the "last" command.
> 
> Here's some output:
> 
> command who:
> 
> root             ttyv1   Nov 19 15:40
> root             ttyv2   Nov 19 15:41
> sereciya         ttyv4   Nov 19 15:59
> sereciya         ttyp0   Nov 19 16:03   (:0.0)
> sereciya         ttyp1   Nov 19 17:08   (:0.0)
> sereciya         ttyp3   Nov 19 16:39   (:0.0)
> 
> command "last andy":
> 
> andy             ttyp2    63.195.17.39     Sun Nov 19 16:38 - 16:39
> (00:01)
> andy             ttyp2    63.195.17.39     Sun Nov 19 16:34 - 16:35
> (00:00)
> andy             ttyp2    63.195.17.39     Sun Nov 19 16:09 - 16:18
> (00:08)
> 
> 
> what's going on?

  $ man who

  WHO(1)                  FreeBSD General Commands Manual                 WHO(1)

  NAME
       who - display who is logged in

  SYNOPSIS
       who am I
       who [file]

  DESCRIPTION
       The who utility displays a list of all users currently logged on
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^

It looks like 'andy' was logged off when you ran the who(1). Was he
not? If the user is still logged in, the last field of the last(1)
output is 'still logged in' rather than a logout time and duration.
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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