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From: skidrow@ceres.ucsc.edu (Gary M. Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: "root" logged in on a RS/6000 pty
Message-ID: <skidrow.653367194@ceres>
Date: 15 Sep 90 02:53:14 GMT
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	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.

	This occurs randomly and isn't associated with another using /bin/su
	or logging in as root.  Of course, since the pty thinks root is
	attached, it never gets freed until rebooting.

	% who
	skidrow     hft/0       Sep 14 16:24                          
	root        pts/2       Sep 14 19:28                          
	skidrow     pts/0       Sep 14 16:54                          
	skidrow     pts/8       Sep 14 19:22

	% ps -t pts/2
	        PID  STAT   TTY  TIME COMMAND
	       8106   S   pts/2  0:00 sh

	Is this a problem or should I ignore it?  Please post replies to
	the net, since mail still can't route to my system properly.

							- Gary M. Lin
							skidrow@ceres.ucsc.edu