---
name: "rwho"
section: "1"
platform: "freebsd"
package: "base"
version: "16.0-CURRENT-20261027-61c70dc16a79"
release: "FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT (2026-10-27)"
platforms: ["linux", "freebsd"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/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(1)](/who/1.md), 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 user has not typed to the system for a minute or more, then **rwho** reports this idle time.

The following option is available:

- **-a**

  Include all users. By default, if a user has not typed to the system for an hour or more, then the user will be omitted from the output.

## FILES

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

  information about other machines

## SEE ALSO

[ruptime(1)](/ruptime/1.md), [who(1)](/who/1.md), [rwhod(8)](/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.