Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <12F176DD950ED411B68E0050DA14ED10338736@jupiter.gunzphoto.com.au> From: Neil Lunn To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: A list of help needed Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:57:22 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 5:49 PM > To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com' > Subject: Re: A list of help needed > > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 08:27:31AM +1000, Neil Lunn wrote: > > > > 3) When I type 'who' i get the response 'who: /var/run/utmp > > > > '. Is this supose to be that way? If not how can I correct this? > > > > > > That's ok. It's empty since you didn't login to the system. > > > Using Cygwin from the console window doesn't leave footprints > > > in /var/run/utmp. > > > > Why? There should be no reason why not. > > ie bash --login Okay. That was just semantics really. No argument here. > > > > No one else logging in to a system appears to leave footprints in > > /var/run/utmp either. Sorry, I meant via telnet/rsh/...etc. Nothing being recorded here on my box. > > Beep. 0 points. If you login via telnet/rsh/rlogin or ssh that leaves > footprints in /var/run/utmp. If you start a windows console it's not > a login. And it's not the task of a shell to create these entries. > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails > regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer > mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > __________________________________________________________________________ Please Note : Only the intended recipient is authorised to access or use this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the sender immediately. The contents of this e-mail are the writer's opinion and are not necessarily endorsed by the Gunz Companies unless expressly stated. We use virus scanning software but exclude all liability for viruses or similar in any attachment. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple