Where am I? :)

[Kövesdán Gábor]

Erik Greenwald wrote:

>On Sat, Mar 04, 2006 at 12:44:19AM +0100, K?vesd?n G?bor wrote:
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>
>>Hello,
>>
>>look at this:
>>
>>root at server# w
>>12:41AM  up 82 days, 10:05, 0 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>>USER             TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT
>>root at server#
>>
>>Where am I? :) I don't know exactly how it happened, but I'll 
>>investigate, I have an idea and I'll report if I find out.
>>    
>>
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>I've seen that happen when the userland and kernel are out of sync.
>(not too long ago, I did a "make buildworld kernel", was waiting for
>an opportune time to installworld, and suffered some kinda failure
>causing a reboot).
>
>Check the uname -a date and the date of /bin/w or something? perhaps
>go through a cvsup/upgrade to try to sync things up? :)
>
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>
No, they are in sync. :) Being out of sync for the kernel and the 
userland is not so common, because it derives from the forgetfullness of 
the administrator, but this trick can be triggered every time.

Gabor Kovesdan