Re: which display is active and which user is logged in? (kdm?)
Hi there,
Sorry - I have now copied my original reply to the list - I have no interest
in being secretive, I simply thought I'd pressed reply-to-all!
bash-2.05b$ ls -la wtmp*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 768 2003-04-02 11:31 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 147072 2003-03-27 09:33 wtmp.1
That's my /var/log/wtmp* listing, so yes, they are preserved OK it seems.
But yes, as I said, if there are multiple X servers active, I'm unsure as to
how you can tell which one is currently being displayed on the screen.
You could do something like either:
a) Display a copy for ALL users with X logins
b) Display a copy for one user, whichever screen he's using.
How do those options sound to you?
David
ou who's logged in...
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ who
> > dmp :0 Mar 23 18:35
>
> uhm, right. Can you check if your /var/log/wtmp.1 is youger than 'Mar 23
> 18:35'. I don't know if valid wtmp entries are preseved when wtmp is
> rotated. Here my 'who' entry and /var/tmp/wtmp.1 have the same timestamp.
>
> > and the display/terminal is the middle column. However, I'm not sure how
> > you can find out which one is currently being displayed.
> >
> > Perhaps you could annoy ALL the users by running multiple copies of the
> > program (1 for each user, with display set appropriately) so a copy will
> > appear on each X display...
>
> I hope there's a better solution ;)
>
> Achim
>
> > David
> >
> > On Wednesday 02 April 2003 19:12, Achim Bohnet wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to startup digikam, when the camera is plugged in.
> > > libgphoto2 comes with the example usbcam.x11-app hotplug script,
> > > but it has two limitations:
> > >
> > > o fixed user
> > > o fixed display (new complication du to the great 'New Session'
> > > feature)
> > >
> > > 'last' is one way to find out who's logged in (when one turns of
> > > monthly log rotation). I've found no info or command that tells me the
> > > active virtual console or display. I checked kdms files but only found
> > > /var/lib/kdm/A{display}-randomString with (with the cookies I guess).
> > >
> > > Is there a kdm setting to turn on to find out what display is the
> > > active one and if/what user is logged in there? Other ways to get
> > > this info?
> > >
> > > Achim
> > > --
> > > To me vi is Zen. To use vi is to practice zen. Every command is
> > > a koan. Profound to the user, unintelligible to the uninitiated.
> > > You discover truth everytime you use it.
> > > -- reddy@lion.austin.ibm.com
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