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Date:      Sun, 11 Feb 2001 00:09:28 -0800
From:      "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net>
To:        project10 <project10@siber.sparkhost.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: w/who/uptime not showing anyone logged in
Message-ID:  <20010211000928.H62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102110205370.99428-100000@siber.sparkhost.com>; from project10@siber.sparkhost.com on Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:20:00AM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102110205370.99428-100000@siber.sparkhost.com>

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On Sun, Feb 11, 2001 at 02:20:00AM -0500, project10 wrote:
> Hello,
> I've had a persistent problem with my FreeBSD system, specifically that
> the w/who and uptime utilities don't show any users logged in. Example:
> # uptime
>  2:07AM  up  7:40, 0 users, load averages: 4.10, 3.16, 2.77     
> # who
> # w
> 2:07AM  up  7:40, 0 users, load averages: 3.77, 3.10, 2.75
> USER             TTY      FROM              LOGIN@  IDLE WHAT    

[snip]

> All of this leads me to the conclusion that the utmp file isn't being
> written to properly -- but the reason behind this, I cannot figure
> out. Does anyone in the FreeBSD community have any suggestions as to what
> I can try to remedy this situation?

I have seen weird results when there are odd things going on in
/dev. Is there anything atypical about your /dev?
-- 
Crist J. Clark                           cjclark@alum.mit.edu


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