---
name: "rwho"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "rwho"
version: "0.17-16"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://carta.tech/man/rwho"
---

# rwho(1)

who is logged in on local machines

## NAME

**rwho** – who is logged in on local machines

## SYNOPSIS

**rwho** \[**-a**\]

## DESCRIPTION

The **rwho** command produces output similar to who, but for all machines on the local network. If no report has been received from a machine for 11 minutes then **rwho** assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known to be logged into that machine.

If a users hasn't typed to the system for a minute or more, then **rwho** reports this idle time.  If a user hasn't typed to the system for an hour or more, then the user will be omitted from the output of **rwho** unless the **-a** flag is given.

## FILES

- */var/spool/rwho/whod.\**

  information about other machines

## SEE ALSO

[finger(1)](/man/finger/1.md), [rup(1)](/man/rup/1.md), [ruptime(1)](/man/ruptime/1.md), [rusers(1)](/man/rusers/1.md), [who(1)](/man/who/1.md), [rwhod(8)](/man/rwhod/8.md)

## HISTORY

The **rwho** command appeared in 4.3BSD.

## BUGS

This is unwieldy when the number of machines on the local net is large.