[Unix-jun72] Oddness

[Unix-jun72] Oddness

[Warren Toomey]

I just tried this command and got this output. Any ideas?

	Warren

# who bin
).. Jan  1 13:02:48
        b Dec 17 21:22:33
:. Jan  6 04:04:20
         Jan  1 00:00:00
s1c Jan  2 08:46:04
2cat Jan  1 15:35:29
        e Jan  2 08:27:52
chmod6 Dec  3 20:05:51
         Jan  1 00:00:00
        d Nov 24 08:05:49
:db Jan  1 18:01:07
         Jan  1 00:00:00
ds> Jan  9 10:39:19
         Jan  1 00:00:01
hoAe Jan  1 00:00:00
Bexit Jan  1 20:26:45
        n Jan  1 00:00:00
formF Dec 26 13:00:28
         Jan  1 00:00:01
        l Jan  1 00:00:00
Jlogin Jan  1 22:53:32
        i Jan  1 00:00:00
makiN Nov 24 06:05:45
        r Jan  1 00:00:01
        n Jan  1 00:00:00
Rod Jan  2 01:19:06
        w Jan  1 00:00:00
rmV Dec 20 04:59:37
         Jan  1 00:00:01
        s Nov 24 09:55:03
Zskip Jan  2 03:44:31
        a Jan  1 00:00:00
strip^ Jan 12 21:01:19
         Jan  1 00:00:01
mat Jan  2 09:58:53
btm Jan  2 06:10:31
         Jan  1 00:00:00
wcf Dec  4 02:01:29
        e Jan  1 00:00:01

[Unix-jun72] Oddness

[Tim Newsham]

> # who bin
> ).. Jan  1 13:02:48
>        b Dec 17 21:22:33

It's reading from "bin" (the directory) instead of /tmp/utmp.  Try "who 
/etc/passwd" for example.

Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/

[Unix-jun72] Oddness

[Warren Toomey]

On Tue, May 06, 2008 at 07:21:29AM -1000, Tim Newsham wrote:
> > # who bin
> > ).. Jan  1 13:02:48
> >        b Dec 17 21:22:33
> 
> It's reading from "bin" (the directory) instead of /tmp/utmp.  Try "who 
> /etc/passwd" for example.

I'm a dill sometimes, and it was 1:43am im the morning. I'm burning the
candle at both ends a bit on this :)

Cheers,
	Warren