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Date:      Mon, 9 Mar 1998 00:05:49 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        Brian Neal <brian@free1.cetinc.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How to logout users
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980309000513.3844b-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803070258.CAA15491@free1.cetinc.com>

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On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Brian Neal wrote:

> Hello,
> This may seem like a dumb question, but I've got several users
> who are just sitting on my machine, and I want to log them out.
> 
> I've tried just killing their processes, but even then they
> remain listed in utmp.

Yes, since you killed them they weren't properly logged out, i.e. utmp
wasn't told about a logout date/time. On next login they'll be properly
dealt with. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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