MaD dUCK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >why is this? what's different about wtmp/utmp (i presume) on >suse/redhat than on debian? i don't want finger to show 20+ logins of >my account when all i did was login once and opened xterms >otherwise...
You could try starting 'xterm -ut' or 'rxvt -ut' instead to inhibit writing to the utmp file. rxvt also has an X resource you can set to do this for all rxvts: it's documented in the man page. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]