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rwho


Information about the package, rwho, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The rwho package is designed for, Displays who is logged in to local network machines.


Package Name:

rwho

Summary:

Displays who is logged in to local network machines

URL:

Description:

The rwho command displays output similar to the output of the who command (it shows who is logged in) for all machines on the local network running the rwho daemon. Install the rwho command if you need to keep track of the users who are logged in to your local network.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.17

Release:

34.el6

Size:

27 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for rwho


Control the rwho package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install rwho

This command will install rwho on the server.

yum remove rwho

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

yum -y remove rwho

This command will un-install rwho 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 rwho when using the -y flag.

yum update rwho

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

yum -y update rwho

This command will update rwho 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 rwho when using the -y flag.

yum info rwho

This command will show you core information about the rwho package.

yum deplist rwho

This command will show you the dependencies for rwho. 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 rwho

This command will check if there is an update waiting on rwho. 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.