Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:39:16 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Istvan_Gabor?= <suseuser04@lajt.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_w_and_who_don't_list_users_in?= =?UTF-8?Q?_FreeBSD_9.0_and_9.1?= Message-ID: <1a0644d8.76b3142c.514983c4.8f113@lajt.hu> In-Reply-To: <5148A40C.3090003@gmx.com> References: <56707a03.4dd020e4.51488b7c.7858d@lajt.hu> <20130319160324.GA63756@eris.bzerk.org> <5148A40C.3090003@gmx.com>
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2013. március 19. 18:44 napon Nikos Vassiliadis <nvass@gmx.com> írta: > 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. I tried this but did not make any change. Maybe the problem is related to the session type, KDE3. See my answer to Ruben. Thanks, Istvan
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