rusersd Daemon

Purpose

Responds to queries from the rusers command.

Syntax

/usr/lib/netsvc/rusers/rpc.rusersd

Description

The rusersd daemon is a server that responds to queries from the rusers command by returning a list of users currently on the network. This daemon is normally started by the inetd daemon.

Files

Item Description
/etc/inetd.conf TCP/IP configuration file that starts RPC daemons and other TCP/IP daemons.
/etc/utmp Contains information on users logged in to the system.