w stopped working after upgrading procps

[jperrin at gmail.com (Jim Perrin)]

On 4/6/06, Chris Croome <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed a lot of updates on a CentOS 4 box and w appears
> to have stopped working -- this machine has 3 or 4 people connected via
> ssh, yet this is all that is outputted:
>
>   # w
>   20:46:32 up 301 days,  3:21,  0 users,  load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04
>   USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
>
> "rpmverify procps" returns nothing so the package hasn't been messed
> with.
>
> I don't want to reboot the server -- does any have any suggestions what
> could be done to get w working again?


What kernel are you running, and which version version of procps are
you running?

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