This is netkit-rusers-0.15 for Linux. This version updates netkit-rusers-0.11. If you're reading this off a CD, go right away and check the net archives for later versions and security fixes. Contents: rup Program to print LAN uptimes rusers Program to print current LAN user logins rpc.rusersd Daemon to return data for rwho/ruptime Requires: Working compiler, libc, and kernel. Your rpcgen binary must be from netkit-base-0.10 or higher, or from glibc 2.x. Older rpcgens will croak on rup. Security: This release contains no security fixes relative to netkit-rusers-0.11. However, netkit-rusers-0.10 and earlier are insecure and should not be used. Installation: Do "./configure --help" and decide what options you want. The defaults should be suitable for most Linux systems. Then run the configure script. Do "make" to compile. Then (as root) do "make install". Save a backup copy of any mission-critical program in case the new one doesn't work, and so forth. We warned you. If you like, apply the rusers.x patch to rusers.x in /usr/include/rpcsvc. This patch was supposed to have been merged into libc, but appears to not have been. It is not important, however - all it does is suppress compiler warnings. Bugs: Please make sure the header files in /usr/include match the libc version installed in /lib and /usr/lib. If you have weird problems this is the most likely culprit. Also, before reporting a bug, be sure you're working with the latest version. If something doesn't compile for you, fix it and send diffs. If you can't, send the compiler's error output. If it compiles but doesn't work, send as complete a bug report as you can. Patches and fixes are welcome, as long as you describe adequately what they're supposed to fix. Please, one patch per distinct fix. Please do NOT send the whole archive back or reindent the source. Be sure to send all correspondence in e-mail. Postings to netnews will not be seen due to the enormous volume. Please don't report known bugs (see the BUGS file(s)) unless you are including fixes. :-) Philip Copeland David A. Holland Al Howat netbug@ftp.uk.linux.org 31 July 1999