NAME

rusers − determine who is logged onto machines on the local network

SYNOPSIS

rusers [ −a ] [ −h ] [ −i ] [ −l ] [ −u ] [ host ... ]

DESCRIPTION

The rusers command 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 an option. When host arguments are given, rather than broadcasting rusers only querries the list of specified hosts.  For each machine, the default is to print a line with the host name and all users on that host.  When the -l flag is given, rusers(1) uses the same output format as rwho(1). If a user has not typed on the system for a minute or more, the idle time is reported. A remote host only responds if it is running the rusersd(1M) daemon.

Options

−a Give a report for a machine even if no users are logged on to it. 

−h Sort alphabetically by host name. 

−i Sort by idle time. 

−l Give a longer listing in the style of who(1). 

−u Sort by number of users. 

DIAGNOSTICS

The exit code of rusers is the number of errors (eg. bad host names) encountered; zero for success. 

AUTHOR

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). 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT

8-bit data, 16-bit data, messages

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