shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Peter S. Shenkin) (02/19/91)
I am still rather new to System-V-based Unices.... Can someone explain to me what the following entries -- which appear when I issue the "last" command -- mean? Of course, I do know what rlogin is, but I don't understand why it appears in wtmp, since it's a process, not a user-id. There is a man entry for rc2, but not for the others, except rlogin. Why do these appear in wtmp, when they are not users? (Under BSD, "shutdown" and "reboot" appear, which is also logically inconsistent, but is at least self-explanatory.) Occasionally I have some trouble with my system, and I find myself wondering whether that trouble could be related to these strange entries. Either an answer or a pointer to some manual would be appreciated. diald Tue Feb 12 16:59 - 16:59 (00:00) rc2 Tue Feb 12 16:56 - 16:59 (00:02) lnsyscon Tue Feb 12 16:56 - 16:56 (00:00) conslog console Fri Feb 15 17:28 still logged in rlogin ttyq1 Sat Feb 16 16:14 - 16:14 (00:00) Thanks, -P. ************************f*u*cn*rd*ths*u*cn*gt*a*gd*jb************************** Peter S. Shenkin, Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, New York, NY 10027 (212)854-1418 shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu(Internet) shenkin@cunixf(Bitnet) ***"In scenic New York... where the third world is only a subway ride away."***
andru@electron.lcs.mit.edu (Andrew Myers) (02/21/91)
shenkin@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu writes: >I am still rather new to System-V-based Unices.... Can someone explain to >me what the following entries -- which appear when I issue the "last" command >-- mean? >conslog console Fri Feb 15 17:28 still logged in I'm not sure about the other ones, but this entry represents a console session, in which the window manager has been brought up. Andrew