Subj : Re: Help - /bin/login overwriting active utmp entries
To   : alt.comp.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat
From : Bill Marcum
Date : Mon Jun 28 2004 11:45 pm

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On Mon, 28 Jun 2004 08:18:37 -0500, Tim Underwood 
  <timu@hightouchinc.com> wrote:
> I've run into a problem with Linux RH 7.2/7.3, and the issue of the utmp
> file and who command.  The issue so far only relates to using the alternate
> consoles (ALT-CTL-F1 - F6), and the use of telnet sessions (pseudo-ttys).
....
> Is this a known issue?  Is there a fix?  I've got to find a solution to this
> ASAP, since our company's application has quite a few places it uses "who"
> to determine who/how many people are on the system.  Re-writing that code
> isn't possible right now.
>
There is a fix, it's called Red Hat 9 or Fedora Core 1 or 2.


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