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sinbad

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Jul 8, 2008, 4:38:59 AM7/8/08
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what doest LINE signifies in the folloing output of unix "who"
command;

USER LINE LOGIN-TIME FROM
root0 pts/0 Apr 15 04:24
root0 pts/1 Apr 15 04:24

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sinbad

viza

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Jul 8, 2008, 7:59:47 AM7/8/08
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Serial line or telephone line.

It is which terminal the user is connected using. Eg, under Linux the
COM1 port would be described as ttyS0.

If you don't connect using a serial line, you may find that your system
pretends internally that you do, using something called a pseudo-
terminal. See "man pty"

HTH
viza

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