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From: cat@pluto.dss.com (Iain Wacey)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: idle time for w command
Keywords: w
Message-ID: <4274@pluto.dss.com>
Date: 29 Apr 91 13:40:54 GMT
Organization: Datability Software Systems, New York, NY
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How does the w command determine how long someone has been idle? We are
writing a login protocol using our own devices and w always reports
users on these devices as being idle for a long period of time. So
how does w compute the idle time?

Iain Wacey
cat@pluto.dss.com