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Multiple users logged in

rated 0 times [ 3] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 2109 / 2 Years ago, thu, march 3, 2022, 11:30:01

I'm looking at top and see that there are two users. Using who gives the following:

           system boot  2014-12-22 14:15

           run-level 2  2014-12-22 14:15

LOGIN      tty4         2014-12-22 14:15               996 id=4

LOGIN      tty5         2014-12-22 14:15              1001 id=5

LOGIN      tty2         2014-12-22 14:15              1009 id=2

LOGIN      tty3         2014-12-22 14:15              1010 id=3

LOGIN      tty6         2014-12-22 14:15              1014 id=6

LOGIN      tty1         2014-12-22 14:16              3508 id=1

user ?     :0           2014-12-22 14:17   ?          3576 (:0)

user     + pts/0        2014-12-23 11:49   .         18392 (:0)

           pts/8        2014-12-23 11:49                 0 id=/8    term=0 exit=0

Why are there two users? I know that the lower user is the one from my terminal (pts). How about the one above that? It's not even a tty, what is that ":0" supposed to signify?