I actually noticed that option in the xterm man page, but wasn't sure of the consquences of it's use. Does anyone know if using the "-ut" option on xterm will cause problems with other login sessions?
Ross Tristan Richardson wrote: >I think you're right that this is just an xterm issue - VNC doesn't touch >the utmp file at all, so I don't see how it could be responsible. I notice >that xterm on my machine has +ut and -ut options which alter its utmp >behaviour - maybe you could try these. > >Cheers > >Tristan > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ross MacKinnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 12:05 PM >Subject: Re: VNC and corrupt utmp file > > > > >>Some additional findings on this problem. >> >>1) I rebooted my server, and the same problems still exist under VNC >> >> >3.3.6. > > >>2) Whether I "log out" of my X session or not makes no difference... there >>is invalid output with the 'who' command regardless... i.e., a corrupt >>/var/run/utmp file! >> >>3) I've confirmed the problem also exists on RH Linux 7.3... running VNC >>3.3.6. On this machine, though, the X session is kicked off slightly >>differently with the following $HOME/.vnc/xstartup file: >> >> #!/bin/sh >> # Red Hat Linux VNC session startup script >> exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc >> >>4) The versions of xterm I use are part of XFree86 4.0.3(156) for RH Linux >>7.2, and XFree86 4.2.0(165) for RH Linux 7.3. Perhaps this is all an >> >> >xterm > > >>issue, but I'm unable to confirm this... I'm only able to access these >>machines remotely with VNC. >> >>Still haven't heard back from anyone on my first post... I'm surprised >>noone's run into this problem, or perhaps hasn't noticed. >> >>Could someone with a similar setup (i.e., Linux) please compare what they >>see with the 'w' command and 'who' command, after they've run VNC (with >> >> >some > > >>xterm windows) and killed VNC? Do the two mismatch... i.e., does the >> >> >'who' > > >>command still report the "xterm" logins? >> >>Thanks, >>Ross >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Ross MacKinnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 4:00 PM >>Subject: VNC and corrupt utmp file >> >> >> >> >>>I'm running VNC 3.3.6 on RH Linux 7.2, and I've been encountering a >>> >>> >>problem >> >> >>>where 'utmp' entries, created during an X session (running under VNC), >>> >>> >do > > >>>not seem to be getting deleted once I kill the VNC server. This leads >>> >>> >to > > >>>corruption of the utmp file, and invalid 'who' command results. >>> >>>Notes: >>>1) I've changed my $HOME/.vnc/xstartup file to the following: >>> #!/bin/sh >>> xrdb $HOME/.Xresources >>> /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients >>> >>>2) I recently upgraded to VNC 3.3.6 from 3.3.3. So to be fair, the >>> >>> >>problem >> >> >>>may not exist with the new VNC, and what I have is left-over corruption. >>> >>> >>I >> >> >>>plan to reboot... which normally resets the utmp file... but I can't >>> >>> >>afford >> >> >>>to be doing this on a regular basis, of course. >>> >>>3) I'm killing the vncserver without first logging off of my X session. >>>Should this make any difference? >>> >>>Has anyone else observed this problem? Does anyone know how to fix the >>>problem? >>> >>>Ross >>>_______________________________________________ >>>VNC-List mailing list >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>VNC-List mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
