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whoami command will tell you who you are logged in as.
try using the "who" command on the remote server to see a list of currently logged in users. The "last" command will also provide user login info. Check the Man pages on each command for the required flags if you want to filter the info received
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RWALL(1) BSD General Commands Manual RWALL(1)
NAME
rwall -- send a message to users logged on a host
SYNOPSIS
rwall host [file]
DESCRIPTION
The rwall command sends a message to the users logged into the specified host. The message to be sent can be typed in and terminated with EOF
or it can be in a file.
DIAGNOSTICS
rwall: RPC: Program not registered
The rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has not been started on the remote host.
rwall: RPC: Timed out
A communication error occurred. Either the network is excessively congested, or the rpc.rwalld(8) daemon has terminated on the
remote host.
rwall: RPC: Port mapper failure - RPC: Timed out
The remote host is not running the portmapper (see portmap(8) ), and cannot accommodate any RPC-based services. The host may be
down.
SEE ALSO
wall(1), portmap(8), rpc.rwalld(8)
HISTORY
The rwall command appeared in SunOS.
Linux NetKit (0.17) August 15, 1999 Linux NetKit (0.17)