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From: "S. L. Chan" <slechan@lynx.bc.ca>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI 'w' command..????
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 13:37:23 -0700
Organization: Delta Force Enterprises
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To: Rick <rallan@monmouth.com>

Rick wrote:
> 
> We currently have some terminal servers running BSDI. When I login to
> the servers to do a 'w' command it will tell me what users along with
> port name and time activity. However, on one of the servers it also
> tells me what ppp # was assigned to each user. For example, the one
> server has 64 dynamic IP's assigned to it along with the corresponding
> ppp#. When I do a 'w' command on this machines it shows me everyone's
> ppp# which is great for trouble shooting. However on all my other
> terminal servers it will not show this when I do the 'w' command. I
> have compared patchlogs and have yet to find out how to configure all
> the terminal servers to show the assigned ppp#'s for each user when
> doing a 'w' command......Can anyone share some light on this....it is
> driving me crazy...thank you

Just wondering how can your terminal servers share the same user
information for autheuication? If you have more than more server to take
the dial-up connection.

S.L Chan

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