> I don't know if it makes a difference, but I've always used "w" and
> "who" to get this list (actually never heard of users ...). Maybe they
> work better for you ...

"w" and "who" report exactly the same users as "users" and "finger",
which is typically about 50% of the users actually logged in, plus
maybe one or two users who aren't actually logged in.


> 
> udo
> 
> Am Don, 2002-05-16 um 19.15 schrieb Eric Nodwell:
> > 
> > users and finger seem to be broken.  They certainly don't report all
> > the users who are logged in.  We have a Mandrake 8.2 server with
> > several X-terminals.
> > 
> > This doesn't seem to be a Mandrake-specific problem: they are also
> > broken on our server running Debian Linux.  From discussion on Debian
> > mailing lists, it seems that this comes about because some programs
> > don't write to /var/run/utmp correctly.  Is there any solution to this
> > problem?  Any alternative way to get a list of users logged on, and
> > info such as how long they've been logged on?
> > 
> > thanks,
> > Eric
> > 
> > 
> 
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> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? 
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com


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