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From: gs26@prism.gatech.EDU (Glenn R. Stone)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: What is this?!?
Message-ID: <17103@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 14 Nov 90 22:04:10 GMT
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In <37222@super.ORG> law@super.super.org (Jeffrey A Law) writes:
>Can someone please tell me what the console is doing in the username
>field from the last command?!?

>law       pts/1        planet.super.org Wed Nov 14 12:06   still logged in
>console   hft/0                         Tue Nov 13 10:58   still logged in
>merk      hft/0                         Tue Nov 13 10:57 - 10:58  (00:01)
>console   hft/0                         Mon Nov 12 17:11 - 10:57  (17:45)

It means there wasn't anyone logged in on the console (and, in this case,
still isn't).  Now, *why* Big Blue did it this way, I don't know.  
It's awfully confusing to me.

-- Glenn

Glenn R. Stone
glenns@eas.gatech.edu