RE: 'who' command

[Alan Christopherson <achristo prairie NoDak edu>]

Yes,
ps -aux works fine.
We have about 60 users on this server.
This is not the first time that this has happened. In the
past tt has cleared up after re-booting the server. Now it 
has resurfaced and I would like to get to the bottom of the
problem.


At 12:49 PM 10/15/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Is it the only command that shows that message?.. try a ps -aux if that
>works,
>maybe the /bin/who is corrupted...
>
>"who" knows... :-)
>
>I don't think you run out of space, did you?.. anyway, if ps -aux works,
>then that's not the problem...
>BTW what's the average number of users your machine handle (at a time?). 
>
>When did this start?.. any task you have performed before?.. have you done a
>succesfuly "who" before, under similar circumstances?
>
>Hope that helps find out the cause.
>
>fid.
>
>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De:	Alan Christopherson [SMTP:achristo prairie NoDak edu]
>> Enviado el:	Jueves 15 de Octubre de 1998 12:36 PM
>> Para:	redhat-list redhat com
>> Asunto:	'who' command
>> 
>> Good morning everybody,
>> 
>> I have been having trouble with the 'who' command.
>> Can anybody help me resolve this problem:
>> When I use the 'who' command it returns:
>> who: memory exhausted
>> 
>> Any help is appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> 
>> Alan Christopherson
>> 
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>> Alan Christopherson
>> achristo prairie nodak edu
>> North Dakota State University                 Network Systems
>> Administrator
>> Electrical Engineering Department
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Alan Christopherson                              achristo prairie nodak edu
North Dakota State University                 Network Systems Administrator
Electrical Engineering Department

                  "The only thing worse than a blind believer is a
                              seeing denier"
                                               (source unknown)