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From: quasar@neuromancer.ctt.bellcore.com (Laurence R. Brothers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: source for rwho daemon
Keywords: source rwho
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Date: 22 Jan 91 16:36:22 GMT
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I think rwhod uses directed datagrams sent to specific hosts on a list,
not authentic broadcast sockets. I have gottent clnt_broadcast()
(the rpc call) to work, but I also haven't had success with sending
broadcast datagrams following the examples in the IPC tutorial.

	         Laurence R. Brothers (quasar@bellcore.com)
      Bellcore -- Computer Technology Transfer -- Knowledge-Based Systems
       "There is no memory with less satisfaction in it than the memory
            of some temptation we resisted." -- James Branch Cabell