utmp not updated

From: Vincent Rivière (riviere_at_iut-rodez.fr)
Date: 11/15/05

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    Hello.

     

    I have problems with the who command.

    Sometimes (once a week ?), the list of users shown by the who command gets
    frozen, and is no more updated as the users logs in/out.

    If I look at the last modification time of the file /var/run/utmp, I can see
    that it is no more upated.

    If I reboot, the the who command works again, for one week, then freeze
    again.

    The problem may appear when a lot of users (>20) open a Gnome session at the
    same time on X terminals.

     

    What can be the cause ?

    Is my utmp file getting corrupted ?

    Is there a lock somewhere preventing the utmp file to be updated ?

     

    Any help is welcome.

     

    My config :

    System : current Debian/testing

    Platform : x86

    Kernel : 2.4 or 2.6

     

    Vincent. 

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