Bug 7417 - No information re: hostname and user associated with stdin
Summary: No information re: hostname and user associated with stdin
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: sh-utils
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: bero
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Reported: 1999-11-29 20:45 UTC by Scott Gibson
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-04 15:19:34 UTC
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Description Scott Gibson 1999-11-29 20:45:29 UTC
I am not totally sure if this is a "who" problem but the symptom is shown
via the who command.

When running "/usr/bin/who -ml" I no longer get the user and hostname
associated with stdin when running locally (under X).  This will only work
if I am running gdm and GNOME.  This problem will occur whether "who" is
run from gnome-terminal, xterm, or rxvt.  This has worked up through RH
Linux 6.0.  I get similar results using XFce and KDE.

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2000-02-04 15:18:59 UTC
The basic problem is that 'who' has the -m option at all. utmp entries are for
login sessions, not shell prompts, so there is no direct correlation between a
particular pty and a particular session. The -m option mostly remains for
historical reasons - in the "old days", they didn't have to worry about things
such as logins via gdm etc. :)

Comment 2 Elliot Lee 2000-02-04 15:19:59 UTC
The basic problem is that 'who' has the -m option at all. utmp entries are for
login sessions, not shell prompts, so there is no direct correlation between a
particular pty and a particular session. The -m option mostly remains for
historical reasons - in the "old days", they didn't have to worry about things
such as logins via gdm etc. :)


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