Redhat and Who Command?

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Hi,

On Wed, May 26, 1999 at 02:52:23PM -0500, System Administrator wrote:
> if the @ options is used
> 
> /AutoPPP/ -     @       /usr/sbin/pppd
> 
> The username should be shown when w or who is issued. ( This does not
> happen in my case I get a /AutoPPP as the username)

It will show the only username *mgetty* knows about.  Since pppd does the
authentication, what is mgetty supposed to put there?

Use pppd with the "login" option and it will work.

gert
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