Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Where is login location info kept? Message-ID: <1991Jun11.233540.6530@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 11 Jun 91 23:35:40 GMT References: <2038@manta.NOSC.MIL> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 17 psm@manta.NOSC.MIL (Scot Mcintosh) writes: >On BSD Unix, finger will report where someone is logged in from: >Login Name TTY Idle When Where >me John Smith p1 Sat 12:34 snoopy > ^^^^^^^ > Where does it get this information? I believe that this info is kept in a couple of system files, "utmp" and "wtmp". Try doing a man on them. --- John Gordon Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu #include gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil #include