[Bug 1014535] Re: procps w no longer listing local users

[Jan Groenewald]

Adduitional information:
This is affecting me on kernel 3.2.0-25-generic but NOT on kernel 3.2.0-24-generic, where w works as expected:

0 root at nigeria:~#w
 11:12:22 up 1 day, 20:24,  3 users,  load average: 1.99, 1.51, 1.61
USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
wilsonle pts/0    :0               09:39    1:33m  1:42   1:33  /usr/lib/firefox/firefox http://localhost:8000/?startup_
wilsonle pts/3    :0               10:10    1.00s  3.97s  3.65s python /usr/lib/sage/local/bin/sage-ipython -i
root     pts/2    muizenberg.aims. 11:09    0.00s  0.30s  0.00s w
0 root at nigeria:~#

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Title:
  procps w no longer listing local users

Status in “procps” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  On precise w no longer lists locally logged in users:

  0 root at bangui:~#w
   10:46:48 up 23 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.34, 0.40, 0.28
  USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
  root     pts/0    tunisia.aims.ac. 10:44    0.00s  0.29s  0.00s w
  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      2914  0.0  0.0   6500   888 pts/0    S+   10:46   0:00 grep --color=auto session=ubuntu
  0 root at bangui:~#

  
  Expected output as it was on natty is something like

  0 root at capetown:~#w
   10:47:16 up 41 days,  2:55,  3 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05
  USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
  root     pts/0    printserver.aims Wed07    0.00s  0.59s  0.09s ssh muizenberg
  mamana   pts/1    mamana-pc.local  Sun13   20:59m  0.36s  0.36s -bash
  root     pts/2    bangui.aims.ac.z 10:47    0.00s  0.32s  0.00s w

  
  I just rebooted some very annoyed users in a computer lab environment.

  Note neither who nor users (both coreutils) show the logged in users.
  We're running off LDAP, if that makes a difference.

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