Re: problems with finger
On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Pere Camps wrote:
>Hi!
>
>$ ps ax | grep S1
>
>11680 S1 S 0:00 /sbin/getty -L -f /etc/issue.ttyS1 ttyS1 9600 vt100
>
>$ finger
>
>castor25 Jose Castor pb Oct 1 17:40 (minxo.upc.es)
>ceo Cercle d'Estudis Orien S1 2 Oct 1 13:57
>david25 David Moya Rubio p1 6 Oct 1 13:52 (dttix14.upc.es)
>...
>
looks like your utmp file is mangled. the easiest way is to just wipe it
out entirely. (try as root: "> /var/run/utmp") it's also possible to
fix the utmp file by manipulating it's contents - depending on the number
of users on your system this may be better, or simply wiping the utmp
immediately before rebooting.
- dave
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