Problem was:
>> 1) /usr/adm/utmp not being updated when users log out of pseudoterminals, so
>> people appear to still be logged in when they really aren't.
>>
>> 2) The 'wall' command seems to have trouble with pseudoterminals too.
>>
>> Does anyone know if these issues have been solved by a patch or a later
>> version of DU?
>
The viable solution came from Magali Bernard
>Hello,
>
>The problem is known by a lot of "osf-managers" : sometimes disconnected
>users are still here when running the commands "w", "last", "who" etc...
>and no more processes are running for them.
>
>Today, after applying the security patch for syslog & C2, the problem totally
>disappeared. It's probably the best solution.
>Sorry for the last question from "Randy Rodgers" <rrodgers_at_fwi.com> about
>"pseudo terminal with no processes for user", I was late.
>
>For DUnix 3.2C, the patch is referred by SSRT035901_OSF1032C
This list is a better resource than DEC was...
Karl
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Karl Marble
Unix Administrator
City of Worcester Information Services
Worcester, MA
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Received on Thu Oct 10 1996 - 18:00:43 NZDT