Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 11:06:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Atipa <freebsd@atipa.com> To: Ben Cohen <bjc23@hermes.cam.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with login? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617110419.18550A-100000@altrox.atipa.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980617182749.2255A-100000@bjc23.trin.cam.ac.uk>
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This is very known behaviour. I have a global alias on our systems to change login to 'exec login' to avoid this bug. It has been around for ages. I think it has to do w/ TTY ownership policies. Kevin On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Ben Cohen wrote: > Hi! > > (This occurs on current SNAP 980520.) > > If, from a shell, I do a login under a different user name and then return > to the shell, then do w, who or finger, it displays the second user as > logged on, even though that user has logged out. > > I presume that login isn't really supposed to be used on from a shell > (e.g. SCO OpenServer won't let you do that at all), but I think this > behaviour is not desirable. > > Is this known behaviour, and should it be (or has it been) fixed? > > Thanks, > > Ben. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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