I'd guess something is up with /var/run/utmp. Try running an strace on those commands. For example:
$ 2>&1 strace w | less -iX Regards, - Robert On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:50 AM, signil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to know why is that when I used to run the who, w, finger > commands on my ubuntu system I would get no results! What could be the > possible explanations for this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
