Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:49:18 +0000 From: Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> To: "Garrett Cooper" <yanefbsd@gmail.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: who on FreeBSD 8.0 - AMD64 Message-ID: <200811240249.18860.ken@mthelicon.com> In-Reply-To: <7d6fde3d0811231842u418ac567m5cb2041b2cc8f1de@mail.gmail.com> References: <200811240152.13032.ken@mthelicon.com> <200811240226.58137.ken@mthelicon.com> <7d6fde3d0811231842u418ac567m5cb2041b2cc8f1de@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 24 November 2008 02:42:08 you wrote: > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Pegasus Mc Cleaft <ken@mthelicon.com> wrote: > > On Monday 24 November 2008 02:19:40 Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> On Nov 23, 2008, at 5:52 PM, Pegasus Mc Cleaft wrote: > >> > Hello Hackers, > > > > <SNIP> > > > >> `who' works perfectly fine for me on CURRENT/AMD64 synced up 3 > >> days ago, via an ssh terminal. Can you provide more details, e.g. when > >> was your last sync date, did you blow away your utmp directory, etc? > >> Thanks, > >> -Garrett > > > > Hi Garrett, > > Its actually the other way around. If I SSH into the machine, I > > see my login in the 'who', however, if I telnet in or use a xterm I > > dont.. > > > > The last sync/build world/build kernel I have done was about 24 > > hours ago, however, I think the problem has been going on for a while > > now. I noticed it about a month ago and forgot about it until the other > > day when I tried using 'who' again. > > > > I havent blown away the utmp directory (or touched it, for that > > matter). I can try clearing if, if you think it may help? > > > > Ta > > Peg > > Actually, no please don't blow it. After hearing that it occurs > only over ssh I tried with a local login and it functions exactly the > same as with the ssh terminal. > 1. What's the exit code after you try and execute who? > 2. `ls -l /var/run/utmp'? Should be set to mode 00644. > Thanks, > -Garrett Hi Garrett, I'm not sure of the exit code, but it dosent display any errors, just returns nothing. The /var/run/utmp is set to 00644 as well.. Can you try telneting into your box (even as a localhost) and see if if it still functions correctly? Using a telnet login or a xterm window is the only time I see it fail. Ta Peg
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