[3352] in RedHat Linux List
RE: utmp cleaning
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Castelijn, Maurice)
Fri Nov 8 04:38:34 1996
From: "Castelijn, Maurice" <Castelijn.Maurice@kpmg.nl>
To: "redhat-list@redhat.com" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 10:28:55 +0100
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>From: William T Wilson[SMTP:fluffy@benatar.res.cmu.edu]
>Sent: vrijdag 8 november 1996 2:39
>To: redhat-list@redhat.com
>Subject: utmp cleaning
>
>I have a minor, but irritating, problem with incoming telnets. I have a
>multiuser system running RH40. When users telnet in, if their connection
>dies unexpectedly (in this case because they are running a Mac, and they
>tend to die unexpectedly just in general :) ) their telnetd/shell process
>dies properly, but they are not removed from /var/run/utmp and their pty
>becomes all hoserly and quits working (I/O errors every time something
>tries to use it). I am running a slightly (well, extremely) nonstandard
>in.telnetd, it is a kerberos version instead of the basic RH40 version,
>but I would like to know if the problem is a common one, or if it is with
>my telnetd, or if it is something that can be corrected. Does anyone have
any ideas?
I've had it before too. (not on RH though) on that Linux system a lot of
users always seemed to hang around. It is a common problem,
unfortunately. How you can solve it: install an 'idle killer'. Now, you
must think: "the users aren't idle", they are just in the utmp, but the
idle killer solves that -and- can do a lot more too (such as restricting
certain logins, logging...)! Where to get it from? Hmm, I can't
remember. Just do a search on "linux idle killer" or something, should
be enough. That's the only thing I can help you with... If you happen to
find out a better way, then I'd love to know, for future projects.
Good luck,
> Maurice.
>
>
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