[newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s
Thought I'd compound these questions: 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. 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? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Mark
RE: [newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s
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
[newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s
I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? 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. 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? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Mark
Re: [newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s
You could try to substitute who for w which works for non-root users under the medium security install; however, it isn't quite as detailed as w ... see man who. You must be at a higher security level then medium because w works for my users. Did you try changing the permissions of w? You can either change the group setting to users (or some other group) or change w so that "others" can execute the file. See man chown and man chmod ... or for a point and click method use kfm. As a matter of security, I think I would change the group to users instead of making w executable by anyone which would include potential crackers. HTH. Larry Mark wrote: I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? 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. 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? Any help is much appreciated. Thanks Mark
