Catching user switching and getting current active user from root on linux

[mpnordland]

I have situation where I need to be able to get the current active
user, and catch user switching eg user1 locks screen, leaves computer,
user2 comes, and logs on.
basically, when there is any type of user switch my script needs to
know.
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