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Duplicate pseudo terminals in linux

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Mar 15, 20261092 views
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Problem

On a redhat box [ Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3) ] Frequently we notice two people being assigned to the same pseudo terminal. For example: This causes problems in a script because "who am i" returns two rows. I know there are differences between the two commands, and obvio…

Error Output

$who am i
user1 pts/4        Dec 29 08:38 (localhost:13.0)
user2 pts/4        Dec 29 09:43 (199.xxx.xxx.xxx)
$who -m
user1 pts/4        Dec 29 08:38 …

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Fix for: Duplicate pseudo terminals in linux

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Have you tried with a more recent version of Red Hat? 4.3 is pretty old, the latest 4.x-release is 4.8. Also, Red Hat 5 is in version 5.4 which is a big step forward. If you like to try a newer version without the hassle of purchasing Red Hat you ca…

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