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rusers-server


Information about the package, rusers-server, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rusers-server package is designed for, Server for the rusers protocol.


Package Name:

rusers-server

Summary:

Server for the rusers protocol

Description:

The rusers program allows users to find out who is logged into various machines on the local network. The rusers command produces output similar to who, but for the specified list of hosts or for all machines on the local network. The rusers-server package contains the server for responding to rusers requests. Install rusers-server if you want remote users to be able to see who is logged into your machine.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.17

Release:

61.el6

Size:

28 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for rusers-server


Control the rusers-server package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rusers-server

This command will install rusers-server on the server.

yum remove rusers-server

This command will un-install rusers-server on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rusers-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove rusers-server

This command will un-install rusers-server on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rusers-server when using the -y flag.

yum update rusers-server

This command will update rusers-server to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove rusers-server, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update rusers-server

This command will update rusers-server to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove rusers-server when using the -y flag.

yum info rusers-server

This command will show you core information about the rusers-server package.

yum deplist rusers-server

This command will show you the dependencies for rusers-server. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update rusers-server

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rusers-server. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.