Date: 16 Aug 2004 15:33:46 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-stable-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: leo <trampeagle@yahoo.com.cn>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why the command of "who" dosen't work while i login through xdm Message-ID: <44zn4u7u91.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20040816102637.B30211@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <20040813034317.56188.qmail@web15306.mail.bjs.yahoo.com> <20040816102637.B30211@carver.gumbysoft.com>
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Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> writes: > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, [gb2312] leo wrote: > > > Hello, > > The version of FreeBSD I use is 4.10. > > > > After I login the system through the xdm from a remote > > machine which runs the simulated X terminal.I start > > the kde enviornment in the .xsession file under the ~/ > > directory. after the kde started.I open konsole of > > kde(version 1.3.2) and type the command of who, and > > the konsole tells me that there nobody login to the > > system. neither i can see anybody has logined the > > system in the local terminal.It's a surpring > > phenomena. > > konsole is not writing utmp entires it appears. I'll have to check this > on my work box (which is on -CURRENT) but I think its fixed in later > versions of konsole. The login records are a function of whatever spawns > the terminal, which is usually login(8) but in X its usually xterm. xterm(1) can be told whether to write into utmp. I have no idea about konsole, but I'm pretty sure that xconsole(1) cannot.
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