--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/08/19 17:35:34	1.1172.2.111
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2019/08/19 17:57:03	1.1172.2.112
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.111 2019/08/19 17:35:34 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1172.2.112 2019/08/19 17:57:03 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ sub userload {
 	while ($filename=readdir(LONIDS)) {
 	    next if ($filename eq '.' || $filename eq '..');
 	    next if ($filename =~ /publicuser_\d+\.id/);
+            next if ($filename =~ /^[a-f0-9]+_linked\.id$/);
 	    my ($mtime)=(stat($perlvar{'lonIDsDir'}.'/'.$filename))[9];
 	    if ($curtime-$mtime < 1800) { $numusers++; }
 	}