Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:44:44 +0200 From: Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> To: Ruben de Groot <mail25@bzerk.org> Cc: Istvan Gabor <suseuser04@lajt.hu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: w and who don't list users in FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1 Message-ID: <5148A40C.3090003@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <20130319160324.GA63756@eris.bzerk.org> References: <56707a03.4dd020e4.51488b7c.7858d@lajt.hu> <20130319160324.GA63756@eris.bzerk.org>
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On 19/3/2013 6:03 μμ, Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 04:59:56PM +0100, Istvan Gabor typed: >> Hello: >> >> I have both FreeBSD 9.0 and 9.1 on two different computers. >> w and who commands do not list logged in users in any of them >> (either for root or a regular user). >> >> The output of w is: >> >> root@:/root # w >> 4:56PM up 10 mins, 0 users, load averages: 0.18, 0.26, 0.20 >> USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT >> root@:/root # >> >> And the output of who: >> >> root@:/root # who >> root@:/root # >> >> Why is this and how can I fix it? > > This can happen if your kernel and world are out of sync. It can also happen if /var/run/utx.active is corrupt. Could you try deleting it? It will be re-created after a successful login. Nikos
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