As I recall, if screen has utmp support and can write utmp, it will remove your
login session from utmp, since screen will now multiplex all of your other
session windows over that one tty, and it doesn't necessarily make sense to
leave that no-longer-unique tty as your "current login."
The def
if i leave deflogin at its default setting, start screen, and create a second
screen, i see two entries for myself in "who" or "w". this seems reasonable.
if i set "deflogin off" in my .screenrc, start screen, and create a second
screen, i see no entries at all for myself in "who" or "w". is scr