hello
i've always liked the ruptime command, it was so useful to see your
machines up or down, and for long and with what load,
but then came multiprocessor machines, and gpus. and it was all clear
text sent over the network, and only in one network.
so i started to try to do something about and out came:
https://github.com/alexmyczko/ruptime/tree/debian (or on salsa:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/ruptime). i have tried to make it useful
for where i use it, you can read the why on the webpage
or salsa page. (using it on x86_64, and raspberry pies)
rwho was not implemented, but it would be easy to do so. and it's also
easy to extend it for any sort of data that you want to
be easily accessible.
since there's that older implementation in C:
netkit-rwho is orphaned, https://bugs.debian.org/1020628
build time limit for NUSERS (1000): https://bugs.debian.org/489787
build time option for alarm period: https://bugs.debian.org/360884
these are all much easier in the script, but it is much less efficient.
any feedback if this is a good idea, or wishes? according popcon there's
some users:
https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=netkit-rwho
(glad i'm not alone)
best
tar
