---
title: "How to tell who is logged into your VPS or Dedicated server"
description: "As a VPS or Dedicated Server account owner, you may want to check to see who is actively online and send a broadcast message to them. The short article below takes you through using the who and wall..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/who-command/
date: 2013-01-25
modified: 2021-08-16
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["SSH and Root Access"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to tell who is logged into your VPS or Dedicated server

As a [VPS](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/vps-hosting) or [Dedicated Server](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/dedicated-servers) account owner, you may want to check to see who is actively online and send a broadcast message to them. The short article below takes you through using the `who` and `wall` commands. Neither command requires root access.

## How to see who is logged in

1. [Log into your account via SSH](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/server/ssh/how-to-login-ssh/)
2. Run the `who` command from the command prompt. This will list anyone who is currently logged in. # who You should receive some output similar to the sample below. As you can see, the users *root* and *bradm* are logged in. root     pts/2        2013-01-25 12:53 bradm    pts/3        2013-01-25 12:58

## How to send a message to online users

Once you know who is logged into your server, you can send a message to them by using the `wall` command.
# wall
   This is a message
   <ctrl-d>
The users, including the sender, will see the message like the below sample.
Broadcast message from root (pts/2) (Fri Jan 25 12:52:25 2013):
This is a message