[Bug 1014537] [NEW] who and users no longer list locally logged in users in 12.04

[Jan Groenewald]

Public bug reported:

0 root at bangui:~#users
root
0 root at bangui:~#who
root     pts/0        Jun 18 10:51 (tunisia.aims.ac.za)
0 root at bangui:~#ps auxw|grep session=ubuntu
1739      1886  0.0  0.2 395536  9692 ?        Ssl  10:35   0:00 gnome-session --session=ubuntu
1739      1931  0.0  0.0  12484   324 ?        Ss   10:35   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
1739      1934  0.0  0.0  18420   488 ?        S    10:35   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
root      3222  0.0  0.0   6500   888 pts/0    S+   10:51   0:00 grep --color=auto session=ubuntu
0 root at bangui:~#

Expected behaviour is something like:
0 root at capetown:~#users
mamana root root
0 root at capetown:~#who
root     pts/0        Jun 13 07:49 (printserver.aims.ac.za)
mamana   pts/1        Jun 17 13:44 (mamana-pc.local)
root     pts/2        Jun 18 10:52 (tunisia.aims.ac.za)
0 root at capetown:~#


Note 'w' from the procps package also stopped listing locally logged
in users in 12.04.

** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed

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Title:
  who and users no longer list locally logged in users in 12.04

Status in “coreutils” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  0 root at bangui:~#users
  root
  0 root at bangui:~#who
  root     pts/0        Jun 18 10:51 (tunisia.aims.ac.za)
  0 root at bangui:~#ps auxw|grep session=ubuntu
  1739      1886  0.0  0.2 395536  9692 ?        Ssl  10:35   0:00 gnome-session --session=ubuntu
  1739      1931  0.0  0.0  12484   324 ?        Ss   10:35   0:00 /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
  1739      1934  0.0  0.0  18420   488 ?        S    10:35   0:00 /usr/bin/dbus-launch --exit-with-session gnome-session --session=ubuntu
  root      3222  0.0  0.0   6500   888 pts/0    S+   10:51   0:00 grep --color=auto session=ubuntu
  0 root at bangui:~#

  Expected behaviour is something like:
  0 root at capetown:~#users
  mamana root root
  0 root at capetown:~#who
  root     pts/0        Jun 13 07:49 (printserver.aims.ac.za)
  mamana   pts/1        Jun 17 13:44 (mamana-pc.local)
  root     pts/2        Jun 18 10:52 (tunisia.aims.ac.za)
  0 root at capetown:~#

  
  Note 'w' from the procps package also stopped listing locally logged
  in users in 12.04.

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