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From: galka@mouse.techno.ru (Galina Kovalenko)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: screen makes wtmp lie? (bsd/os2.0)
Date: 17 Oct 1995 11:21:07 GMT
Organization: PC Centre TECHNO
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Alan Strassberg (alan@lscruz.scf.lmsc.lockheed.com) wrote:
: Galina Kovalenko <galka@mouse.techno.ru> wrote:
: >User telnet to host and use "screen".
: >Then his connection is broken, or close at telnet command line,
: >but user's record remains in wtmp while somebody gets login
: >on this ttyp* terminal.

: 	Change /usr/contrib/bin/screenrc to "autodetach off"
[...]
:                                                When turned off, a
:        hangup signal will terminate screen and all the  processes
:        it contains.

Thanks for helping me.

Yes, screen will terminate all the processes.
Nevertheless, the user's record will still stay in wtmp :(

Any other ideas?

Galina Kovalenko