There is a linux server in my team where everyone is using xterm to connect to the server and work.
Problem is I'm unable to find the ipaddress of the xterm user. It just shows the display as "localhost".
example:
st_capuk@MGTS5026-13sh1:~> ps -eaf | grep xterm
1010 9328 9327 0 May07 ? 00:00:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ls -display localhost:10.0
1038 23792 23791 0 May14 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls -display localhost:13.0
ss_hlr1 30095 30094 0 May15 ? 00:00:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ls -display localhost:14.0
ss_rn 12354 12353 0 May16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -ls -display localhost:16.0
1039 12649 12648 0 May16 ? 00:00:00 /usr/bin/xterm -ls -display localhost:18.0
system
June 18, 2012, 3:58pm
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What happens when you issue
w
or
who
Only terminals using putty has ip address visible in "who" command. Terminals invoked by xterm command doesnt reveal ip address. Below is the output:
loaduser@MGTS5026-13sh1:~> w
10:08:58 up 3 days, 13:04, 9 users, load average: 0.01, 0.07, 0.11
USER TTY LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
ss_hlr pts/0 Mon09 15:12m 1.58s 0.01s -bash
ss_ussd pts/1 10:05 3:11 0.54s 0.00s -bash
ss_capus pts/2 Mon16 17:31m 4.31s 0.02s -bash
loaduser pts/3 Mon16 18:00m 0.02s 0.02s -bash
loaduser pts/4 Mon15 0.00s 0.66s 0.00s w
st_capor pts/6 10:06 2:43 0.58s 0.00s -bash
ss_capus pts/10 Mon11 18:50m 0.20s 0.02s -bash
st_capuk pts/11 Mon11 15:25m 0.12s 0.12s -bash
loaduser@MGTS5026-13sh1:~> who
ss_hlr pts/0 2012-06-18 09:49
ss_ussd pts/1 2012-06-19 10:05
ss_capusr2 pts/2 2012-06-18 16:37
loaduser pts/3 2012-06-18 16:08
loaduser pts/4 2012-06-18 15:03
st_caporca pts/6 2012-06-19 10:06
ss_capusr1 pts/10 2012-06-18 11:39
st_capuk pts/11 2012-06-18 11:53 (192.168.134.213)
loaduser@MGTS5026-13sh1:~> finger
Login Name Tty Idle Login Time Where
loadhlr pts/8 1 Tue 10:13
loaduser loaduser pts/3 18:06 Mon 16:08
loaduser loaduser pts/4 - Mon 15:03
ss_capusr1 pts/10 18:56 Mon 11:39
ss_capusr2 pts/2 2 Mon 16:37
ss_hlr pts/0 15:18 Mon 09:49
ss_ussd pts/1 8 Tue 10:05
st_caporca pts/6 8 Tue 10:06
st_capuk pts/11 15:31 Mon 11:53 192.168.134.213
Where st_capuk is the only user using putty, others use terminals invoked using xterm command.