>xterm != xterm session.
>
>you have to somehow start the xterm.
>If you do this from a ssh, the shell starting it will have an utmp record.

ssh some.machine.untraceable.net sh -c 'xterm -display where.i.am:0 &'

no utmp record, right?

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