Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!sumax!polari!rwing!happym!nwnexus!golder From: golder@nwnexus.WA.COM (Warren Jones) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: "root" logged in on a RS/6000 pty Summary: root is probably looking for an X-Station login Message-ID: <382@nwnexus.WA.COM> Date: 15 Sep 90 22:52:09 GMT References: Reply-To: golder@nwnexus.UUCP (Warren Jones) Distribution: na Organization: Golder Associates Lines: 16 In article skidrow@ceres.ucsc.edu (Gary M. Lin) writes: > > I have been noticing a problem for several weeks now, and I'm not > quite sure what to make of it. Occasionally on a 'who' root is > logged in a pseudo-tty, apparently doing nothing. > Do you have an X-Station on your network? What you see is probably the pty associated with the login window. (The login process must run as root.) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Warren Jones Golder Associates Inc. (uucp: uunet!nwnexus!golder) 4104 148th Avenue NE (206) 883-0777 Redmond, WA 98052, USA