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Currently I am using Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS Problem which I am having now is that who and w commands who 0 users are logged in system.

mypc:~$ who
mypc:~$ w
 22:14:10 up 12 min,  0 users,  load average: 0.52, 0.58, 0.59
 USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT

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I am logged in the system, but why are these commands showing that 0 users are logged in currently?

game lover
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  • Is this a regular Ubuntu system - or Windows Subsystem for Linux? – steeldriver Feb 28 '22 at 21:18
  • @steeldriver WSL – game lover Feb 28 '22 at 21:19
  • @steeldriver looks like a dupe, is it not? – terdon Feb 28 '22 at 21:41
  • Ah, I see. I have no clue, @steeldriver, I haven't touched WSL. I voted to close, not realizing that it was tagged with command-line, meaning I could single-handedly close it. Game lover, if the dupe does not answer your question, please let me know and I'll vote to reopen. – terdon Feb 28 '22 at 21:51
  • @terdon I tried both alternatives from the link. The second one did not work absolutely so I tried the first one. First one ... works but I have to repeat same process everytime I log in to system.. – game lover Feb 28 '22 at 22:02
  • @gamelover yes, the main answer seems to be that who doesn't really work on WSL. – terdon Feb 28 '22 at 22:08
  • @terdon is there any other alternative which I can use to see loged in users in WSL? – game lover Feb 28 '22 at 22:09
  • No idea, sorry. Maybe you could ask a new question focusing on that instead? But I suspect you might get better answers on [su] since folks here tend to know the Linux side of things and WSL is a strange hybrid. You could use ps aux | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u to see the list of users currently running processes, but that would include system users as well. You can exclude those with something like ps aux | tail -n +2 | awk '{print $1}' | sort -u | grep -f <(grep -Ev 'nologin|/false' /etc/passwd | cut -d: -f1) which you could make into a function or alias. – terdon Feb 28 '22 at 22:13
  • @terdon thanks for help, but I guess downloading a VirtualBox and run ubuntu there may be will be the easiest and best solution haha :( want to cry – game lover Feb 28 '22 at 22:23
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    Do try asking a new question. Explain what you actually need (it seems unlikely that you would often have multiple users logged into a WSL system) and what you are trying to achieve (why do you want the output of who? What are you going to do with it) and someone might be able to come up with an answer. – terdon Feb 28 '22 at 22:26

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