[K12OSN] 'who' lies about users...

[Jim McQuillan]

Trond,

the 'who' command relies on entries in the utmp and wtmp files.

It's usually up to the display manager (GDM,XDM,KDM) to add the entries
to the utmp files, and remove the entries when you log out.  Over the
years various display managers have been setup correctly or incorrectly
to do that.  It varies alot by distribution, version and display
manager.

Take a look at the ltsp.org contrib page, Derek Dresser wrote an article
about how to set up the session scripts to keep the utmp files updated.

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 12:55:27AM +0200, Trond M?hlum wrote:
> I use K12LTSP 4.0.1 on my LTSP servers. They all use ldap login. A main
> server has all the home folders and handles most services. It also
> houses the ldap database. I want to see who is logged on the LTSP
> servers. I try the who command, but it only shows one user. I suspect it
> shows the user who last logged on. I know that there are many more users
> on, but they don't show up. Is this a Fedora thing? When I use the
> Norwegian "Skolelinux", which is Debian-based with the same setup as the
> Feodra boxes, the who command lists all users...
> 
> Can someone help me with this one? Is there an alternative to monitor
> user activity?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Trond M?hlum
> 
> 
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