[UCLA-LUG] gdm xdm question

[Patrick Oscar Boykin]

ahh!  That did it!

if an xterm is open who and finger act normally.  Eterm and gnome-terminal
seem to not do this.

Is this a bug in Eterm/gnome-terminal?  Should I email the authors of
these programs?  Or is this intential for some reason.

thanks!

On Sat, 13 Nov 1999, Drew wrote:

> Hmm, I'm not sure it would be.... I believe from what I know, that
> xterm, nxterm, and the other terms are all suid root just so they can
> write to the /var/run/utmp file on their own... so I"m not sure it would
> be something with gdm or xdm. Just make sure you didn't take the suid
> bits off of those binaries, or that might be what you are seeing.... Oh
> and just to make sure, bring up a real xterm, some terminals like the
> gnome terminal might not write to the utmp, but I'm not sure because
> I've never tried myself.
> 
> Patrick Oscar Boykin wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks for the suggestions, but /var/run/utmp is there, and terminals are
> > open.
> > 
> > It seems that when I am in init level 5, it does not seem to notice when
> > people log on.  If I telnet/ssh in, it sees them, but the users that log
> > on using xdm (gdm actually) are not noticed.
> > 
> > Maybe it is a gdm bug?  I don't know.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Drew wrote:
> > 
> > > Hmm, try opening up an xterm or terminal on the machine..... it's just
> > > hard to send a talk request to a person w/ no terminal open. See if that
> > > works for you. If that's not it... and the users have terminals open,
> > > try making sure the /var/run/utmp file exists.... and if it doesn't
> > > exist.. try running:
> > > touch /var/run/utmp
> > > hmm, not sure what else it might be....
> > >
> > > Drew
> > >
> > > Patrick Oscar Boykin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Doe anyone out there know about xdm or gdm?
> > > >
> > > > I am running gdm now on a machine, but the problem is, it seems to always
> > > > think no one is logged on.
> > > >
> > > > For instance, the command "who" returns nothing.  finger says no one is
> > > > logged on.  And talking someone (who is actually logged on) doe not work
> > > > because the computer says they are not there.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone have any ideas on this one?
> > > >
> > > > I started xdm by logging on as root and typing "init 5"
> > > >
> > > > ANY help would be greatly appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Oscar Boykin.
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