Re: utmp in trixie

[Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 at 10:16, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:

michael@mars:~$ loginctl
SESSION  UID USER    SEAT  LEADER CLASS   TTY  IDLE SINCE
       3 1000 michael seat0 2116   user    tty1 no   -
       4 1000 michael -     2125   manager -    no   -

2 sessions listed.

michael@mars:~$ who
michael  seat0        2025-04-02 16:38
michael  tty1         2025-04-02 16:38

Should 'who' report what loginctl list-sessions or list-users reports?

We (procps, w, etc) use the latter by checking the session class for "user*".

Without that filter, the output looked a bit weird.

It's probably best both who and w agree.

 - Craig