On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:16:46AM -0700, Mark wrote:
> I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? (Mandrake 7.1)
>
> W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this
> using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays
> the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the
> permissions on the utmp file, but to no avail.
>
> Finger Command does not retain info once a user logs out. So when I finger
> user, it says they have never logged in. I'm not sure on this one either.
Security settings in msec are what is causing this for you. The secure
kernel and such does not allow normal users access to certain system
areas, proc and wtmp being some such areas.
Tweak the msec or turn the level down I would guess.
> And finally, YTalk, it runs, but will not contact the other user that I'm
> trying to talk to. How do I get this to run? Is this a process that has to
> be started?
Are your talk ports open in /etc/inetd.conf?
> Any help is much appreciated.
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
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