NAME

rwho − Shows which users are logged in to hosts on the local network. 

SYNOPSIS

rwho [−a] rwho [−a] [users]

FLAGS

−aIncludes all users.  Without this flag, users whose sessions are idle an hour or more are not included in the report. 

DESCRIPTION

The rwho command displays the username, hostname, and start date and time of each session for everyone on the local network who is currently logged in to a host running the rwhod daemon. 

If one or more user names are specified, only the status of those users whose names are listed appears on the screen.  If a user has not typed anything for at least 3 minutes, rwho reports the idle time as a number of minutes in the last column.  After an hour of inactivity, a user is not included unless the −a flag is specified.  Because this command displays a lot of output, use this command with caution if the local network has a large number of users. 

Status information is broadcast once every 3 minutes by each network host running the rwhod daemon.  Any activity (such as a user logging on or off) that takes place between broadcasts is not reflected until the next broadcast. 

EXAMPLES

To get a report of all users currently logged into hosts on the local network, enter:

$ rwho

bob             host2:pts5              Nov 17 06:30 :20
bob             host7:console           Nov 17 06:25 :25
franz           host1:pts0              Nov 17 11:20 :51
franz           host1:pts8              Nov 16 15:33 :42
franz           host4:console           Nov 17 16:32
pietro          host1:console           Nov 17 13:14 :31
pietro          host1:pts7              Nov 17 13:15 :47
server          host2:console           Nov 17 06:58 :20
luis            host2:pts6              Nov 17 09:22

FILES

/var/rwho/whod.∗Indicates data files received from remote rwhod daemons. 

RELATED INFORMATION

Commands:  ruptime(1), rwhod(8)