Ghost users?
Posted: 02 December 2006 02:17 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Am I the only one who noticed that the site stats will sometimes list more users logged in than are actually listed?

Like right now, it says there are 5 Total Logged-In Users, but only two show up in the list. And there are no anonymous users. Do these extra 3 users represent people logged in to the Post function but not to the page?

Just wonderin’...


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I’ve just confirmed that is not the case by logging in to Post and logging out of the main page. I do not appear as logged in in the site stats. When coming back to the Forum from the Post app, I do however appear as anonymous automatically. The mystery deepens!!

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Posted: 07 December 2006 03:22 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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I think they could be mods or stuff in hidden modus. The powers that be…

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Posted: 21 November 2009 07:47 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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Fantastic post. Bookmarked this site and emailed it to a few friends, your post was that great, keep it up.

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Posted: 02 July 2010 05:41 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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I just noticed by running a who command that I was logged in twice . So two admin2 are on the list. (solaris 2.6)
Since I telnet using a windows 98, I suppose that I forgot to CTRL-D last time I logged in and clicked on hangup.
In such a case, how can I loggoff the old ghost loggin ?
It’s not a process so cannot use KILL, or can I ?
Securitywise, it does not look so wise to have an open loggin.

Thanks for your enlightments.


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