Why don't my wtmp/utmp reset the user count?

Question

On a normal working Linux machine the command w report 2 users(because 2 users are connected)

w
 19:23:19 up  1:53,  2 users,  load average: 0,44, 0,63, 0,81
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT

after reboot report correctly 1 user

w
 19:26:44 up  1:03,  1 users,  load average: 0,44, 0,73, 0,90
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT

On my Slackware current w reports the sum(!) of the previous users + the actual user connected, after 4 reboots it report 4 users.

w
 19:28:16 up  1:58,  4 users,  load average: 0,26, 0,59, 0,76

Why? I use Lightdm. Is it possible to use Xreset with a properly sessreg line like XDM?

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '20 at 18:27

Solution found using a Xreset script

First I edit the script(if not exist create it)

vim /etc/lightdm/Xreset

    #!/bin/sh
    sessreg -d -l $DISPLAY $USER

chmod 755 /etc/lightdm/Xreset

Then I edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

session-cleanup-script=/etc/lightdm/Xreset

After reboot w report the correct number of users, which is 2 one for Xsession, one for shell opened.

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