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Hello,

I have an annoying problem using sessreg under xdm.  I want to
be able to have a console user listed as being logged in, for
as long as they are logged in.  Without sessreg, they aren't listed
at all.  When using sessreg like this:

sessreg -{a,d} -l $DISPLAY -x /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xservers $USER

in the Startup and Reset scripts, I get entries like this:

liz   :0                            Tue May 13 20:54 - 20:55  (00:00)

which means the person logged in at 8:54 PM, but who knows when the
person logged off!  I want to keep better track than this.

If I run sessreg by hand, I get the expected entries in utmp/wtmp.

Specifics: Solaris 2.5.1, Sparc5 and Sparc 20 workstations
           Using the vendor provided xdm and related X tools

Any help is appreciated.  Thanks!

                                -- Liz --

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-> I have an annoying problem using sessreg under xdm.  I want to
-> be able to have a console user listed as being logged in, for
-> as long as they are logged in.  Without sessreg, they aren't listed
-> at all.  When using sessreg like this:

-> sessreg -{a,d} -l $DISPLAY -x /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xservers $USER

use
(sleep 10; sessreg -a -l $DISPLAY -x /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xservers $USER)&

for logging in.
--
 Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin of one server at SANET Kosice, Slovakia

 And don't forget: I work for SANET, but talk for myself, dude... ;-)