Check to be sure that utmp is writable by xterm. Since utmp is usually notQuote:> When I start XTerm, nobosy sees that I have logged in ?
world-writable, xterm generally needs to be setuid root.
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by Andrew J. Robins » Wed, 20 Mar 1996 04:00:00
Check to be sure that utmp is writable by xterm. Since utmp is usually notQuote:> When I start XTerm, nobosy sees that I have logged in ?
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by Pomorski centar za elektroni » Wed, 20 Mar 1996 04:00:00
Not who, nor finger helps.................
What could be the problem ?
Thanx
Drazen
by Andreas Muc » Thu, 21 Mar 1996 04:00:00
> > When I start XTerm, nobosy sees that I have logged in ?
> Check to be sure that utmp is writable by xterm. Since utmp is usually not
> world-writable, xterm generally needs to be setuid root.
Andi
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by Jake K » Wed, 27 Mar 1996 04:00:00
Possible that you have "xterm -ut" instead of "xterm +ut"?Quote:>Hi,
>When I start XTerm, nobosy sees that I have logged in ?
>Not who, nor finger helps.................
>What could be the problem ?
>Thanx
>Drazen
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1. xterm logins and utmp problem
It seems that various people have the same problem but I have not
yet seen some effective answer.
When closing an xterm, the finger and who commands continue to
show a user connected to a certain tty.
Moreover, it shows multpile intances of that tty.
If a user logs in and uses the same tty remained by mistake from
another user, he can even accept ``talk'' calls, while the
``who am i'' command reports him as another.
Is it a utmp updating problem?
By the way, the ``w'' command works fine. (???)
These problems appeared to me after upgrading to kernel 2.0.x
according to the instructions mentioning
libc, procps, binutils e.t.c.
Can someone please give us a hint?
Thanks in advance for any help given.
Theodore Kaskalis
4. valgrind URL
5. motd
6. Xterms not cleaning up utmp properly / Telnet woes
8. Why does xterm not put in a utmp entry?
9. xterm not updating utmp on exit
10. Xterm not finding /etc/utmp
11. Login without login getting recorded into last login file
12. wtmp/utmp not registering login