Eric Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> POSIX requires an error message to stderr explaining the non-zero status.
> ~ What would we report?  On the other hand, it seems like we should always
> expect at least the current user to be logged in (otherwise, how is who
> being invoked?), so the idea of an error on no output seems reasonable to me.

You don't have to be logged in to be able to (remotely) execute
commands.

Andreas.

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