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From: sharifi@emunix.emich.edu (Surfer Al)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: How to login unoticed...
Date: 28 Nov 1993 01:30:40 GMT
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
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I currently am a tutor at our school.  Being a tutor, I'm barragged
with questions regarding problems and such, even when I'm not supposed
to be tuttoring.  Students find out that I'm logged on and either rush in to
see me, or start sending me mail.  I can't stand it.

Short of getting another anonymous account, is there a way where I can log in
and have myself suppressed from the 'who' and 'w' commands?  I'm not trying
to eliminate myself from login records, just these commands.  I don't care
about the 'finger' command without arguements, since I think results of
'who' are piped into it.

People have told me to look into remote logins and a program called Screen.
I have no idea what they are talking about.

Can anyone help me?

					Thanks...Alex Sharifi