On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 09:47, Marco d'Itri <m...@linux.it> wrote: > On Apr 02, Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org> wrote: > > >Does that breaks the usual unix commands like 'who' ? If yes this is > who(1) specifically, yes. > See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1079575 . > Maybe the coreutils maintainer is already working to backport this > simple patch in time for trixie, or else you could help him. > > >dangerous. It is common to use them before deciding whether a host > >can be shut down. > You may use w(1) for the time being. > w uses the systemd method by default now which is why it reports users.
I thought there was upstream coreutils support for systemd in gnulib[1] which is what who uses, so in theory it's a configure change. I must admit I don't fully follow coreutils source so may have missed something. - Craig 1: https://github.com/coreutils/gnulib/blob/bb506f75625b47d7844af2b6dc4b8192d4dea676/lib/readutmp.c#L981
