From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.76C-CCK-MCD Netscape [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.8 sun4u) Description of problem: When running finger I see old logins (that should have been logged out) with extreemely high (impossible due to low uptime) idle times. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. ssh from work to home firewall (RedHat 7.1) 2. ssh from home firewall to Workstation (Redhat Roswell2) 3. have something go wrong with the connection??? 4. login again and finger Actual Results: [tommy@kyle tommy]$ finger Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office Phone tommy Tommy McNeely pts/0 21:12 Aug 23 17:38 (stan.local.redneck.nu) tommy Tommy McNeely *pts/5 239d Aug 24 19:02 (stan.local.redneck.nu) tommy Tommy McNeely pts/4 Aug 27 13:37 (stan.local.redneck.nu) [tommy@kyle tommy]$ (excess lines from :0 were removed) Expected Results: It should have closed the connection.. or at least only show a smaller idle time.. like line 1 Additional info: [tommy@kyle tommy]$ uptime 7:52pm up 4 days, 2:14, 6 users, load average: 0.07, 0.09, 0.03 [tommy@kyle tommy]$ (although I DID say it was roswell2, just put that in to be verbose) Trouble is, i'm not sure if its a bug with finger or some other component??
[tommy@kyle tommy]$ finger Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office Phone tommy Tommy McNeely pts/0 21:18 Aug 23 17:38 (stan.local.redneck.nu) tommy Tommy McNeely pts/2 21:17 Aug 26 22:35 (:0) tommy Tommy McNeely pts/3 21:10 Aug 26 22:39 (:0) tommy Tommy McNeely *pts/5 239d Aug 24 19:02 (stan.local.redneck.nu) tommy Tommy McNeely pts/0 21:18 Aug 26 22:27 (:0) tommy Tommy McNeely pts/4 Aug 27 13:37 (stan.local.redneck.nu) [tommy@kyle tommy]$ ps -fu tommy | grep 5 tommy 2950 1228 0 Aug23 ? 00:00:01 /usr/bin/gnome-session tommy 3058 1 0 Aug23 ? 00:00:37 sawfish --sm-client-id 11c0a8000 tommy 15236 1 0 Aug25 ? 00:00:03 gmc tommy 31369 1 0 Aug26 ? 00:00:05 gnome-terminal --use-factory --s tommy 31445 31369 0 Aug26 pts/2 00:00:00 bash tommy 31479 31445 0 Aug26 pts/2 00:00:00 ssh -l root stan tommy 31503 31369 0 Aug26 pts/3 00:00:00 bash tommy 31606 31503 0 Aug26 pts/3 00:00:00 ssh stan tommy 31661 1 0 Aug26 ? 00:00:15 /usr/lib/mozilla/mozilla-bin tommy 2577 2576 0 13:37 pts/4 00:00:00 -bash tommy 3923 2577 0 19:56 pts/4 00:00:00 ps -fu tommy tommy 3924 2577 0 19:56 pts/4 00:00:00 grep 5 [tommy@kyle tommy]$ nothing to kill???
Subject: Re: strange finger output Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:48:08 -0700 From: Joshua Andrews <josh.com> Reply-To: roswell-list Organization: Wavefood To: roswell-list References: 1 Tommy McNeely wrote: > [tommy@kyle tommy]$ finger > Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office > Phone > tommy Tommy McNeely pts/0 20:16 Aug 23 17:38 (stan.XXXXX) > tommy Tommy McNeely pts/2 20:15 Aug 26 22:35 (:0) > tommy Tommy McNeely pts/3 20:09 Aug 26 22:39 (:0) > tommy Tommy McNeely *pts/5 239d Aug 24 19:02 (stan.XXXXX) > tommy Tommy McNeely pts/0 20:16 Aug 26 22:27 (:0) > tommy Tommy McNeely pts/4 Aug 27 13:37 (stan.XXXXX) > [tommy@kyle tommy]$ uptime > 6:54pm up 4 days, 1:17, 6 users, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 > [tommy@kyle tommy]$ > > How can I be idle for 239 days? > Must be something magic about 239 days. This is output from finger josh on seawolf. On since Fri Jul 6 09:00 (PDT) on tty2 3 days 9 hours idle On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/1 3 days 9 hours idle On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/2 from :0 1 day 21 hours idle On since Fri Jul 6 09:37 (PDT) on pts/3 239 days 2 hours idle (messages off) On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/4 Last login Wed Aug 8 15:37 (PDT) on pts/8 from mars You are not the only slacker :) -Joshua _______________________________________________ Roswell-list mailing list Roswell-list https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/roswell-list
[tommy@kyle tommy]$ finger tommy Login: tommy Name: Tommy McNeely Directory: /home/tommy Shell: /bin/bash On since Thu Aug 23 17:38 (MDT) on pts/0 from stan.local.redneck.nu 22 hours 19 minutes idle On since Sun Aug 26 22:35 (MDT) on pts/2 from :0 22 hours 18 minutes idle On since Sun Aug 26 22:39 (MDT) on pts/3 from :0 22 hours 12 minutes idle On since Fri Aug 24 19:02 (MDT) on pts/5 from stan.local.redneck.nu 239 days 2 hours idle (messages off) On since Sun Aug 26 22:27 (MDT) on pts/0 from :0 22 hours 19 minutes idle On since Mon Aug 27 13:37 (MDT) on pts/4 from stan.local.redneck.nu No mail. No Plan. [tommy@kyle tommy]$
Subject: Re: strange finger output Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:33:25 -0600 From: Tommy McNeely <Tommy.McNeely> Reply-To: roswell-list Organization: Sun Microsystems - RC Americas To: roswell-list References: 1 , 2 , 3 so now we have all been abducted.. I guess thats our "lost time" [root@kyle root]# last tommy | grep gone tommy pts/5 stan.local.redne Fri Aug 24 19:02 gone - no logout Devon wrote: > > On Monday 27 August 2001 10:48 pm, Joshua Andrews wrote: > > > > Must be something magic about 239 days. > > This is output from finger josh on seawolf. > > On Seawolf? I don't see the same problem on a Seawolf machine. Roswell > is another story, see below. > > > On since Fri Jul 6 09:00 (PDT) on tty2 3 days 9 hours idle > > On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/1 3 days 9 hours idle > > On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/2 from :0 > > 1 day 21 hours idle > > On since Fri Jul 6 09:37 (PDT) on pts/3 239 days 2 hours idle > > (messages off) > > On since Fri Aug 24 10:21 (PDT) on pts/4 > > Last login Wed Aug 8 15:37 (PDT) on pts/8 from mars > > > > You are not the only slacker :) > > Apparently not, it appears many Roswell users were abducted 239 days > ago as part of a larger conspiracy. > > [root@roswell root]# finger > Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Office Office Phone > devon Devon pts/0 Aug 27 00:33 (tuxfan) > devon Devon *pts/1 239d Aug 23 22:10 > > [root@roswell root]# finger devon > On since Mon Aug 27 00:33 (EDT) on pts/0 from tuxfan > On since Thu Aug 23 22:10 (EDT) on pts/1 239 days 3 hours idle > (messages off) > > [root@roswell root]# last > devon pts/0 tuxfan Mon Aug 27 00:33 still logged in > devon pts/1 Thu Aug 23 22:10 gone - no logout > devon pts/1 Thu Aug 23 21:58 - 22:10 (00:11) > > [root@roswell root]# uptime > 11:02pm up 5 days, 7:41, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.03, 0.01 > > -D **** * IT APPEAR THE ALIENS HAVE ABDUCTED US, AND WE ALL LOST 239 DAYS AND 2 HOURS ****
I have seen this kind of funny idle times as well in my system, it happens sometimes when I startx, and then Ctrl-Alt-F1 and do a "finger"
Maybe you now know why we called the Beta 'Roswell' :) But jokes aside, i haven't yet been able to reproduce this problem. I'll look into it real soon now... :) And perhaps it's really a bug of another app that only gets manifested if you point (a) finger at it. Read ya, Phil
I am still unable to reproduce this problem here on my 7.2 machines. If anyone could get me a reproducible case i might be able to track it and see if it is actually finger doing something wrong or /etc/utmp just containing some garbage left over by some other app. Read ya, Phil
*** Bug 55319 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I did see an alien mothership fly over that was the shape of a large finger the other day. Related perhaps?
Closing, as i just can're properly reproduce it. I suspect it's really some KDE or Gnome app that garbles up utmp. If there is a reproducible way to generate this bug feel free to reopen it. Read ya, Phil