From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: newsham@lava.net (Tim Newsham)
Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 07:21:29 -1000 (HST)
Subject: [Unix-jun72] Oddness
In-Reply-To: <20080506154337.GA48171@minnie.tuhs.org>
References: <20080506154337.GA48171@minnie.tuhs.org>
Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.64.0805060720510.20114@malasada.lava.net>

> # 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/