> > 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.
>
> what about "w" not "W" ? I just checked and it works here (mdk 7.1
> developer install).
Yeah, that was what I meant to put, I was just emphasizing on the w. it
will show me the info as root, but not as a standard user. who works fine,
but i like to see a little more info.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
> I will open a bug on this one. Thanks.
>
May not have to do that... I found today that it also works for root also.
So I'm wondering for both finger and w what files would i have to change
ownership of or permissions of?
>
> > 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?
>
>
> I have never used... sorry.
>
well, i kept trying... but to no avail. I can't find any help from anyone
on ytalk. does anyone, anywhere use it? not in the newbie, expert or my
local LUG can anyone provide an answer. so i installed talk instead and
uncommented a few lines in my inetd.conf and it works fine. wanted to use
ytalk, guess i'll figure that out later.
Thanks
Mark
