own user not shoing in $w $who or $users

bamdad · 01-06-2012, 07:23 AM

greetings,

on my ubuntu 11.10 machine, if i'm only logged in via lightdm (xorg), and *not* on a tty or via ssh, i don't see my own user listed (see title for the commands i've tried).

is anyone else getting this? if so, how can i fix it? should i file a bug?

thanks,
bamdad

honeybadger · 01-06-2012, 10:08 AM

Hope you are not typing the $ before the command 'w', 'who' or 'users'. I used ubuntu 11.10 but then it was a live medium but the command 'w', 'who' and 'users' worked normally.

bamdad · 01-06-2012, 04:45 PM

oh my gods, of course not. it's there for keeping the title short and to indicate that those are console commands.

hm.. then it must be a local thing. it's not consistent across reboots, though, sometimes they work, other times they don't.

bamdad · 01-08-2012, 02:33 AM

well, i did a completely fresh install in virtualbox, and i'm still seeing this behaviour. i'll try asking around in some irc channels.