xref: /netbsd/usr.bin/rwho/rwho.1 (revision c4a72b64)
1.\"	$NetBSD: rwho.1,v 1.8 2002/09/30 11:09:12 grant Exp $
2.\"
3.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1990, 1993
4.\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
5.\"
6.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
7.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
8.\" are met:
9.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
12.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
13.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
14.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
15.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
16.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
17.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
18.\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
19.\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
20.\"    without specific prior written permission.
21.\"
22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
32.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
33.\"
34.\"     from: @(#)rwho.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
35.\"	$NetBSD: rwho.1,v 1.8 2002/09/30 11:09:12 grant Exp $
36.\"
37.Dd June 6, 1993
38.Dt RWHO 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm rwho
42.Nd who is logged in on local machines
43.Sh SYNOPSIS
44.Nm
45.Op Fl a
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49command produces output similar to
50.Xr who 1 ,
51but for all machines on the local network.
52If no report has been
53received from a machine for 11 minutes then
54.Nm
55assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known
56to be logged into that machine.
57.Pp
58If a users hasn't typed to the system for a minute or more, then
59.Nm
60reports this idle time.
61If a user hasn't typed to the system for
62an hour or more, then
63the user will be omitted from the output of
64.Nm
65unless the
66.Fl a
67flag is given.
68.Sh FILES
69.Bl -tag -width /var/rwho/rhowd.* -compact
70.It Pa /var/rwho/whod.*
71information about other machines
72.El
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr finger 1 ,
75.Xr rup 1 ,
76.Xr ruptime 1 ,
77.Xr rusers 1 ,
78.Xr who 1 ,
79.Xr rwhod 8
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Nm
83command
84appeared in
85.Bx 4.3 .
86.Sh BUGS
87This is unwieldy when the number of machines
88on the local net is large.
89