> 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 > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- ******************************** Eric Nodwell Ph.D. candidate Department of Physics University of British Columbia tel: 604-822-5425 fax: 604-822-4750 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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