RUSERS(1) BSD Reference Manual RUSERS(1)NAMErusers - who is logged in to machines on local network
SYNOPSISrusers [-al] [-h | -i | -u] [hosts ...]
DESCRIPTION
The rusers command produces output similar to who(1), but for the list of
hosts or all machines on the local network. For each host responding to
the rusers query, the hostname with the names of the users currently
logged on is printed on each line. The rusers command will wait for 30
seconds to catch late responders.
The options are as follows:
-a Print all machines responding even if no one is currently logged
in.
-h Sort alphabetically by hostname.
-i Sort by idle time in ascending order. Unlike other implementa-
tions, when the -i and -l flags are mixed the output is sorted by
the idle time of each individual user. If the -l flag is not
specified, the idle time for a machine is considered to be the
lowest idle time of a user on that host.
-l Print a long format listing. This includes the user name, host
name, tty that the user is logged in to, the date and time the
user logged in, the amount of time since the user typed on the
keyboard, and the remote host they logged in from (if applica-
ble).
-u Sort by number of users logged in.
DIAGNOSTICS
rusers: RPC: Program not registered
The rpc.rusersd(8) daemon has not been started on the remote
host.
rusers: RPC: Timed out
A communication error occurred. Either the network is excessively
congested, or the rpc.rusersd(8) daemon has terminated on the re-
mote host.
rusers: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
The remote host is not running the portmapper (see portmap(8)),
and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services. The host may be
down.
SEE ALSOrwho(1), users(1), who(1), portmap(8), rpc.rusersd(8)HISTORY
The rusers command appeared in SunOS.
MirOS BSD #10-current April 23, 1991 1
