> -----Original Message----- > From: Shing-Fat Fred Ma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Being the computer-ridden person I am, I tried to use the > solaris8 "talk" command to contact someone with 10 > terminals open (probably dtterms). Nothing happened > (no the person doesn't hate me), so I did a few experiments. > First, I tried to identify the terminals that I had, corresponding > to the xterms opened on my vnc desktop. As far as the > "who" command was concerned, my xterms didn't exist. > I couldn't even get one xterm to talk to another one, even > after I found their terminal IDs using "who -m". I just got > the complaint that such a terminal/user wasn't logged on. > I used both /dev/pts/xxx as well as pts/xxx syntax. > > So what gives? How come those terminals "don't exist"? > The only terminal that apparently registers with the "who" > command is the ssh session that I use to establish the > tunnel for VNC. I'm using TightVNC 1.2.2, but I don't > think that's the cause.
I've seen similar things with who on solaris. I found that it uses a 'possibly outdated' administration in the OS. Specially if the xterm is used. As far as I remember, the who command looks at all terminals to see who is using them and just checks the username, not if it is still in use. CBee _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
