Re: screen removes utmp entry for parent login?

2013-06-14 Thread Joe Zbiciak
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

screen removes utmp entry for parent login?

2013-06-14 Thread Aaron Davies
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