> On Mon, Apr 08, 2013 at 08:56:42PM -0500, damon...@mac.hush.com wrote: > > I recently upgraded to FreeBSD 9.1-STABLE, and there was a strange > > added side effect. > > Users that telnet into the machine seem to have their logins forever > > ghosted in who/w. > > If a user connects via telnet, then logs out, their login still > > remains in the w/who. If another user logins in with the pty they had, > > whatever they do also shows up in the ghosted w/who of the previous > > user using that pty. > > For example: > > User X logs in, runs BitchX. Detaches the process and logs out.User Y > > logs in, gets assigned User X's previous pty, who/w now reports that > > user is running BitchX. That user has no access to the BitchX session > > or anything, it's just being displayed weird in who/w. > > I seem to remember this problem like a decade ago and I had written a > > script or there was a script that passed around called clearlogin. > > Any ideas? Thanks all!Damon > > Is GNU screen involved? It sounds like it. > > Try to repeat the problem without GNU screen.
something changed beteen 8 and 9 with respect of handling of utmp, I tried to research this but got bogged down with other things. danny _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
