Re: utmp wierdness
In article <cistron.19990416020203.20637.qmail@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu>,
<mummert@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu> wrote:
>when I attempt to run 'login' from the prompt, I see:
>'No utmp entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh" '
Use "exec /bin/login" instead.
>This is strange because I vividly remember running login before.
>What have I done to cause this?
Some shells reckognize that you want to run login and quietly replace
"login" with "exec login".
Mike.
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