chat users Online?

Number says how many users using irc.polarhome.com irc server in total. Unfortunately this number contains all bots and other virtual users as well. PolarHome has just 2 own virtual users set up by server administrator: PolarHOME channel bot and the statistics collector user.
From other side irc proxy users at port 8080 are not counting here at all.
You can join irc channels with simple irc client as mIRC or from the web interface channel #polarhome.

http users Online?

It is not so easy to track how many http users are online. One of the methods is to record every page load of the users and associate user with this page.
This counter is valid just for main web server www.polarhome.com, other servers are not shown here.

How does it work?
In every directory have to be one main, or triggered html file - usually these files contains one script for adding/changeing/deleting users record -associated with IP number of user's host. If user loads some other page from the the system which contains loader it will change associated page with the user, or after some inactivity period record will be deleted.

Can it be less users than counter shows?
Yes it can:
- if user loads a page and does not spend inactivity time on the page by leaving polarhome.com site.

Can it be more users than counter shows?
Yes, it can be as well:
- if the user loads one page but spends more time than the inactivity period. actually he/she is online but counter will not count it until next script load.
- if more than one user is coming from one IP address (IP masquerading etc.) it counts as one, even if the loaded document will change.
- if user uses chat or adult services or other non triggered area of the system. Counter will not track these activities.
- actually, just about 20 main pages are triggered at www.polarhome.com

How can I now the exact number of users of the system?
There are few methods.
- Number of current http users in statistics run apache web server status
- Number of current telnet users also from statistics or from the telnet session with command who
- Number of current ftp users if you read welcome message during login to the ftp://ftp.polarhome.com or ftpwho command from the shell.
- Number of chat users also from the welcome message on irc server irc.polarhome.com
- BUT the absolute best information is a netstat command from telnet session. (more info by man netstat) .

If you have some suggestions or further questions you are welcome at root@polarhome.com

shell users Online?

shell counter is updated every 2-3 minutes and shows number of logged on users on some of the polarhome realm member servers.
RedHat is redhat.polarhome.com
Solaris is solaris.polarhome.com
FreeBSD is freebsd.polarhome.com
OpenBSD is openbsd.polarhome.com
OpenVMS/VAX is vax.polarhome.com... etc


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