On Fri, 24 Apr 1998, Christian Groessler wrote:
> >For the last week or so, my Linux box seems to be acting up.
> >A 'w' tells me that I am logged in through XWindows 6 times,
> >but I've only got 2 xterms open.
> Have you started remote xterms? Did your remote machine crash?
> I had similar experiences when I started a remote xterm to a
> NT/eXceed machine and the NT machine locked hard.
I have the inverse problem: i am invisible:
18:57:15 yoda:~$ w
7:00pm up 23:59, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
19:00:07 yoda:~$
Perhaps someone has broken into your box, and replaced the w command
with something that filters out root?
Check your binaries...
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Roelf Diedericks (roelf@ttdesk.co.za) Senior Systems Engineer
The Trading Desk (PTY) Ltd. South Africa
"Flay me, hang me, play me The Barbie Song"
Views expressed are my own and may not be those of my employer.
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