Re: telnet sessions don't log off..
Paul Miller wrote:
> When a user telnets to my computer and logs off, the user still shows up
> in the users command (still on).. This isn't a huge problem because I'm
> using timeoutd to kill idle users, but it still shouldn't happen.
>
> any ideas?
The utmp entries for telnet sessions are managed by telnetd. If the
process is killed, the entry isn't deleted.
On my system, which uses SysVinit, `telinit q' cleans up dead utmp
entries, so you could possibly run that as a cron job.
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Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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