--- a/usr/lib/byobu/users
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/users
@@ -22,20 +22,26 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 __users_detail() {
-	ps -ef | grep "sshd:.*@" | grep -v grep
+	ps -ef 2>/dev/null | grep "sshd:.*@" | grep -v grep
 }
 
 __users() {
-	local count=0
+	local count=0 f pid
+	for f in /var/run/dropbear.*.pid; do
+		read pid < "$f"
+		count=$(($count + $(pgrep -P "$pid" | wc -l)))
+	done
+	if [ $count -eq 0 ]; then
 	if [ "$USERS_DISTINCT" = "1" ]; then
 		count=$(pgrep -fl 'sshd:.*@' | cut -f3 -d\ | cut -f1 -d@ | sort -u | wc -l)
 	else
 		# Note: we'd like to use pgrep -c, however, this isn't available in
 		# busybox and some distro's pgrep (and it doesn't exit non-zero).
-		count=$(pgrep -f "^sshd:.*@|^/usr/sbin/sshd -i" | wc -l) || return
+		count=$(pgrep -f "^sshd:.*@|^/usr/sbin/sshd -i" | wc -l)
+	fi
 	fi
 	if [ $count -gt 0 ]; then
-		color b w r; printf "%d" "$count"; color -; color w r; printf "#"; color --
+		color b w r; printf "%d" "$count"; color -; color w r; printf "##"; color --
 	else
 		rm -f "$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/status.$BYOBU_BACKEND/users"*
 	fi