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Re: [SLE] who vs w output [SOLVED]
- From: Scott Leighton <helphand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 10:24:30 -0700
- Message-id: <200506191024.31222.helphand@xxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 19 June 2005 10:04 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
>
> 'who' just reads from the utmp or wtmp databases. If they didn't log out
> 'properly' this database will be out of sync and 'who' will still show the
> user as logged in.
Thanks Anders, that explanation makes sense and
explains what I am seeing. I feel better knowing there
is a logical explanation for the strange results <g>.
Scott
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POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier
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Linux 2.6.11.4-21.7-default x86_64
>
> 'who' just reads from the utmp or wtmp databases. If they didn't log out
> 'properly' this database will be out of sync and 'who' will still show the
> user as logged in.
Thanks Anders, that explanation makes sense and
explains what I am seeing. I feel better knowing there
is a logical explanation for the strange results <g>.
Scott
--
POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier
http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
Linux 2.6.11.4-21.7-default x86_64
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