number of users

edgjerp · 11-03-2005, 02:40 AM

when I use top or users, I sometimes get one or two users logged in, which is the correct number, other times I get 14 or more copies of the same user. I know the number of users is logged in /var/run/utmp, but is there something I can do to make my system realize (and report) that there is only one (or two) users logged in. for a while, the number of users reported was (number of konsole windows open + number of tty's (1-6) used + 2), but that is no longer the case, making it hard to see how many are actually in (even in runlevel 1 I had about 8 users)

I run Mandriva 2006.0.

bigearsbilly · 11-03-2005, 02:49 AM

what about
who -q

Code:

hwdusa22!primaipa(146)$ who -q
neo21iA  hub05i3E hub05d2D neocrcd  beachmj  primaipa beachmj  neososA  
# users=8

edgjerp · 11-03-2005, 02:56 AM

I get:
gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp gjerp
# brukere=13

currently I have no tty's active, and I am the only user logged in, local only, with 4 konsole windows.

what I need is not really a way to see how many users that are logged in, but to figure out how to make top and "users" to display the right number.

bigearsbilly · 11-03-2005, 07:36 AM

aaah. oh well.

well I just think it's just one of those things that we can't do very well.
I've tried such as this before.

all such commands: who, finger
give variable results.

keefaz · 11-03-2005, 07:52 AM

Maybe :

Code:

ac -p

?

edgjerp · 11-03-2005, 11:14 AM

is there a way I can tell my system "do not count each Konsole session as a separate login"? i.e. each tty, gui, and remote session counts for one (and only one) user in utmp and wtmp.

bigearsbilly · 11-04-2005, 02:34 AM

I doubt it.
I think You'll have to "do it yourself"