Do you have any reason to believe "who" would stall? Do you have network users, stored in ldap or nis? Doesn't look like it, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
sysinfo uses this to get the logged in users: def get_logged_in_users(): result = getProcessOutputAndValue("who", ["-q"], env=os.environ) So basically it calls "who -q". What are all the scripts you have in /etc/update-motd.d/*? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/805423 Title: pam_motd needs a module option to disable in-line dynamic updates To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/landscape-client/+bug/805423/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs