w shows several users having the console getty process

From: Charles Vachon <cvachon2_at_mrn.gouv.qc.ca>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 15:13:58 -0500

Hello UNIX admins,

 I noticed on one of our servers, a AS2100 running TU5.1 + PK3, a
strange output when running the w command. Several users are listed as
having the console getty process, as in the following:

fob1 12:29 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
gas1 16:52 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
laf1 08:36 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
asshu1 09:37 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
ducre1 09:50 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
gir1 10:28 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
col2 11:22 /usr/sbin/getty console cons
bolpa2 11:53 /usr/sbin/getty console cons

For real, the server console is running in graphics mode with CDE, and
no user is using the console getty. What can be the cause of such a
situation? I' found previous messages in the list mentioning utmp/wtmp
corruption, but I wonder whether this is the case here, and if so, what
could have caused it, and how to fix it.

Thanks in advance / will summarize.
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Charles Vachon
system administrator
Ministère des Ressources Naturelles du Québec
cvachon2_at_mrn.gouv.qc.ca
Received on Wed Jan 23 2002 - 20:14:43 NZDT

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