"root" logged in on a RS/6000 pty

[Warren Jones]

In article <skidrow.653367194 at ceres> skidrow at ceres.ucsc.edu (Gary M. Lin) writes:
>
>	I have been noticing a problem for several weeks now, and I'm not
>	quite sure what to make of it.  Occasionally on a 'who' root is
>	logged in a pseudo-tty, apparently doing nothing.
>

Do you have an X-Station on your network?  What you see is probably
the pty associated with the login window.  (The login process must
run as root.)

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