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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2001 19:43:50 -0400
To:	tplesco <tod AT megachump DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From:	"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject:	Re: running who
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At 07:24 PM 9/19/2001, tplesco wrote:
>I have a /var/run/utmp file which remains 0 bytes.
>
>I have run 'mkdir -p /var/run && touch /var/run/utmp' but
>the utmp does not update.
>
>I would like to have the functionality of knowing who's using cygwin
>at any given moment.


Pardon me for asking but doesn't /var/run/utmp only get updated if someone
uses "login"?  If true, then I assume you're content with only seeing 
those who might actually log on with login (which is not used by default
with Cygwin).  In most Cygwin installations, I think /var/run/utmp will 
tend to be empty simply because people don't use login.


>Does anyone having a workaround?



Check out the source if you're really interested.  There's no need to 
find a workaround when there is code available to inspect and fix (as
needed).

Enjoy! :-)



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