RE: [newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s

2000-06-29 Thread Mark
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"

Re: [newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s

2000-06-28 Thread Larry Hignight
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