From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-04-smtplb.ohiordc.rr.com ([65.24.5.138] helo=ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DVGOa-0002RN-00 for ; Mon, 09 May 2005 18:06:36 -0400 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (cpe-24-33-4-163.midsouth.res.rr.com [24.33.4.163]) by ms-smtp-04-eri0.ohiordc.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id j49M6WHI005216 for ; Mon, 9 May 2005 18:06:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 17:06:32 -0500 (CDT) From: Adam Myrow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20050509203218.4165.22576@rif.myfreedombox.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: ot: i hav a "ghost-user" X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Mon, 09 May 2005 22:06:36 -0000 First, do a "ps -u username," where the username is the login of the ghost user. If nothing shows up, then that means /var/run/utmp has somehow gotten messed up. It gets reinitialized at reboot, so a reboot will fix it. Or, you could manually zero it out by doing "cat /dev/null >/var/run/utmp." This should be done with no users on the system other than root. Once you do it, log out and back in, and see if it is fixed. This used to happen to me on occasion, but it hasn't happened recently. Again, make sure you don't have some stray processes before assuming it's a /var/run/utmp problem.