From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from linserver.romuald.net.eu.org (linserver.romuald.net.eu.org [63.228.150.209]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id 299CD10989 for ; Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:21:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 5488 invoked by uid 1000); 25 Jul 2009 13:21:50 -0700 Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:21:50 -0700 From: Gregory Nowak To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: Uptime and w failing to report correct info? Message-ID: <20090725202150.GB4231@romuald.net.eu.org> References: <20090725170124.GA5943@blackbird> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090725170124.GA5943@blackbird> X-PGP-Key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:21:50 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's possible that your /var/run/utmp might have gotten corrupted for some reason. If you're really sure there are no other users on your system, you could do: rm /var/run/utmp touch /var/run/utmp chgrp utmp /var/run/utmp chmod 664 /var/run/utmp Greg On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:01:24AM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote: > Hi All, > I'm curious as to why uptime and w both seem to think there are more > users on my system than actually are logged in. The actual time > callculation seems accurate. > I'm running archlinux with Speakup. As far as I'm concerned everything > else on this system works as expected. I'm just wondering about this > tiny inconsistency. > I've read up on utmp and wtmp, but don't know what programs besides the > login program might have cause to mess with them. > Any info would be appreciated. > Best and thanks, > Zack. > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > - -- web site: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org gpg public key: http://www.romuald.net.eu.org/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkpraV4ACgkQ7s9z/XlyUyCgCwCePm7EI4TOfJbDt+R7serqRF/4 P/8AoJZJaoe3pGkXEabJJucxth2pVwxJ =rHZq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----