NAME
zlocate - find a user using Zephyr
SYNOPSIS
zlocate [ -a | -d ] [ -1 ] [ -p ] user ...
DESCRIPTION
Zlocate uses the Zephyr(1) Notification Service to find where a user is
currently logged in. If the user is not logged in, or has set his
location information such that you do not have access to see it,
zlocate prints "Hidden or not logged-in". Otherwise, each machine that
the user is currently logged into is printed, along with the time of
login and location. The location is usually the X window system
display name of the user’s display, but may be the terminal name if he
is not using X or for some other reason is only using the terminal
interface to zwgc(1).
By default, all zlocate requests are authenticated using Kerberos. If
you do not have Kerberos tickets, or for some other reason do not want
to authenticate, the -d option will turn off authentication. The -a
option is the default, authentication on.
When locating multiple users, zlocate will display the user name on a
line by itself, followed by the locations for that user. To display the
user name on the same line as the output, use the -1 option (the
numeral one).
To look up multiple users in parallel asynchronously, use the -p
option.
DIAGNOSTICS
zlocate exits with status zero (0) if at least one user was found, and
one (1) if no users were found.
SEE ALSO
zctl(1), zephyr(1), znol(1), zwgc(1), zhm(8), zephyrd(8), X(1)
Project Athena Technical Plan Section E.4.1, ‘Zephyr Notification
Service’
AUTHORS
Robert S. French (MIT-Project Athena)
Marc Horowitz (MIT-Project Athena)
RESTRICTIONS
Copyright (c) 1987,1988 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
All Rights Reserved.
zephyr(1) specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.