Re: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-21 Thread Frank Shute
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 02:54:47PM +, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 08:02:12AM -0600, Randy Belk wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Anton Shterenlikht > > wrote: > > > The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, > > > even though

Re: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-18 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 07:08:41PM +1100, Ian Smith wrote: > On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:43:30 + Anton Shterenlikht > wrote: > > > The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, > > even though I have rebooted the box many times since. Does this mean > > the corresp

Re: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-18 Thread Ian Smith
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:43:30 + Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, > even though I have rebooted the box many times since. Does this mean > the corresponding entry in /var/run/utmp is wrong and shouldn't be there, or > i

Re: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-17 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 08:02:12AM -0600, Randy Belk wrote: > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Anton Shterenlikht > wrote: > > The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, > > even though I have rebooted the box many times since. Does this mean > > the corresponding

Re: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-17 Thread Randy Belk
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, > even though I have rebooted the box many times since. Does this mean > the corresponding entry in /var/run/utmp is wrong and shouldn't be there, or > is there

w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?

2009-02-17 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, even though I have rebooted the box many times since. Does this mean the corresponding entry in /var/run/utmp is wrong and shouldn't be there, or is there still some process attached to ttyp5? ouput of w: USER