Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 07:21:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 07:21:37 -0500 Received: from gap.cco.caltech.edu ([131.215.139.43]:64935 "EHLO gap.cco.caltech.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 6 Nov 2001 07:21:27 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:03:13 +0000 From: Dale Amon To: Terje Eggestad Cc: weixl@caltech.edu, mlist-linux-kernel@nntp-server.caltech.edu Subject: Re: How can I know the number of current users in the system? Message-ID: <20011106120313.F8359@vnl.com> In-Reply-To: <3BE5BDFB.B49A8147@caltech.edu> <1005038940.2134.27.camel@pc-16.office.scali.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1005038940.2134.27.camel@pc-16.office.scali.no> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-Operating-System: Linux, the choice of a GNU generation Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 10:28:57AM +0100, Terje Eggestad wrote: > > My suggestion is to loop thru the processes and collect a list of all > the userids and form a tree/list of all the processes belonging to each > of them. Then you fair share schedule between the users. Hmmm, you should be able to count the number of pty's and tty's. Every logged in user is attached to some sort of getty whose parent is the init task (1). That might be a basis for a count. -- ------------------------------------------------------ Nuke bin Laden: Dale Amon, CEO/MD improve the global Islandone Society gene pool. www.islandone.org ------------------------------------------------------ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/