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rusers(1) rusers(1)
NAME
rusers - determine who is logged in on machines on local network
SYNOPSIS
rusers [-a][-h][
-i][-l][-u][host ...]
DESCRIPTION
rusers produces output similar to the "quick" option of who (1), but for remote machines. It broadcasts
on the local network and prints the responses it receives. Though the listing is normally in the order that
responses are received, the order can be changed by specifying a command-line option. The broadcast
process takes about two minutes.
When host arguments are given, instead of broadcasting,
rusers only queries the list of specified hosts.
For each machine, the default is to print a line listing the host name and all users on that host. When the
-l option is given, rusers uses an output format similar to rwho(1). If a user has not typed on the sys-
tem for a minute or more, the idle time is reported.
A remote host only responds if it is running the rusersd (1M) daemon.
Options
rusers recognizes the following command-line options:
-a Give a report for a machine even if no users are logged in on it.
-h Sort alphabetically by host name.
-i Sort by idle time.
-l Give a longer listing in the style of who-R (see who(1)).
-u Sort by number of users.
RETURN VALUE
rusers returns exit code zero if no errors are encountered; otherwise it returns the number of errors
found.
AUTHOR
rusers was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WARNINGS
Broadcasting does not work through gateways; therefore,
rusers does not report information about
machines that are reached only through gateways.
FILES
/etc/inetd.conf
SEE ALSO
rwho(1), who(1), inetd(1M), rusersd(1M).
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