[ale] Dumb terminals, utmp/wtmp

[Sergio Chaves]

Greetings everybody.
Thanks for all the help with my "Laptop Blues". X is running great on RH 7.1 
. It only worked after the same info entered at the GUI setup was entered 
manualy w/xconfigurator; go figure! But I am still to figure out how to make 
the modem (3com56kV90 mini PCI)to work. Tried setserial and some other 
commands w/ no success.

Anyway, here is a new question ( a long one !):
I am trying to use a script based on the BSD ac comand to check info. about 
the users' logins/logouts. The script works fine.

My problem is that a few users, 5 out of 70, are not shown as logged in, 
even though they are! X server is on a server in the the network and we use 
dumb terminals. All terminals are setup exactly the same way. Why utmp 
and/or wtmp (that's where ac gets info from, right?) are generating 
incorrect data about these five users? Is there a way to "reset" the X 
terminals to make sure they are "sending" correct data to the right place 
(utmp/wtmp)?

The only thing I noticed, so far, is that these five users do not have a 
/home/"user"/bin in their path. Coincidence?

Once again, thanks for the help

Sergio
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