Uptime and w failing to report correct info?

Uptime and w failing to report correct info?

[Zachary Kline]

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.

Re: Uptime and w failing to report correct info?

[Tyler Littlefield]

if your using screen it shows a person per open window.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Zachary Kline" <kline.zachary@gmail.com>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 11:01 AM
Subject: Uptime and w failing to report correct info?


> 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

Re: Uptime and w failing to report correct info?

[Gregory Nowak]

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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
> 

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Re: Uptime and w failing to report correct info?

[Zachary Kline]

Hi Greg,
I do believe you were right: the utmp file probably did get corrupted.
Now that I think on it, I had to forceably power off
the machine a time or two.  That would more than likely be where it
started.  
As of now, all is right in the world, at least where my linux machine is
concerned.
Thanks much,
Zack.
On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 01:21:50PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> 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