rusers(NC)                      19 June 1992                      rusers(NC)


 Name

    rusers - who is logged in on local machines (RPC version)


 Syntax

    rusers [-ahilu] [host... ]


 Description

    The rusers command produces output similar to who(C) and a compact form
    with login names of users on one line, but for remote machines.  It
    broadcasts on the local network, and prints the responses it receives.
    Normally, the listing is in the order that responses are received, but
    this order can be changed by specifying one of the options listed below.
    When host arguments are given, rather than broadcasting rusers will only
    query the list of specified hosts.


    The default is to print out a listing with login names of users currently
    on the system in a compact, one line form, with one line per machine.
    When the -l flag is given, a rwho(C) style listing is used.  In addition,
    if a user has not typed to the system for a minute or more, the idle time
    is reported.


    A remote host will only respond if it is running the rusersd daemon,
    which is normally started up from inetd(ADMN).


 Options


    -a   give a report for a machine even if no users are logged on

    -h   sort alphabetically by host name

    -i   sort by idle time

    -l   give a longer listing in the style of who(C)

    -u   sort by number of users


 Files

    /etc/servers


 See also

    rwho(TC), who(C), inetd(ADMN), rusersd(NADM)


 Bugs

    Broadcasting does not work through gateways.