[BUG] Unable to detect any users

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### Description

When I enable the `users` module, it doesn't appear in the output.

If I run `fastfetch --show-errors`, I see: `Users: Unable to detect any users`

The result is unchanged if I run with `sudo`.

### Version used

fastfetch 2.55.1 (x86_64)

### Bug prevalence

Always

### Regression

Not sure

### Installation

GitHub Releases

### Package manager

_No response_

### Screenshots

_No response_

### Configuration

```jsonc
{
  "$schema": "https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/raw/dev/doc/json_schema.json",
  "modules": [
    "title",
    "separator",
    "uptime",
    "loadavg",
    "memory",
    "swap",
    "disk",
    "localip",
    "break",
    "os",
    "kernel",
    "host",
    {
        "format": "{name} ({cores-physical}C/{cores-logical}T) @ {freq-base}",
        "temp": false,
        "type": "cpu"
    },
    {
        "driverSpecific": true,
        "temp": true,
        "type": "gpu"
    },
    "shell",
    "break",
    "users"
]
}
```

### System information

```jsonc
[
  {
    "type": "Title",
    "result": {
      "userName": "user",
      "fullUserName": "user",
      "hostName": "host",
      "homeDir": "/home/user/",
      "exePath": "/usr/bin/fastfetch",
      "userShell": "/usr/bin/zsh"
    },
    "stat": 0.02993100881576538
  },
  {
    "type": "Separator",
    "error": "Unsupported for JSON format",
    "stat": 0.0010299980640411377
  },
  {
    "type": "OS",
    "result": {
      "buildID": "",
      "codename": "trixie",
      "id": "debian",
      "idLike": "",
      "name": "Debian GNU/Linux",
      "prettyName": "Debian GNU/Linux 13.2 (trixie)",
      "variant": "",
      "variantID": "",
      "version": "13 (trixie)",
      "versionID": "13.2"
    },
    "stat": 0.15630900859832764
  },
  {
    "type": "Host",
    "result": {
      "family": "",
      "name": "VMware7,1",
      "version": "",
      "sku": "",
      "vendor": "VMware, Inc.",
      "serial": "",
      "uuid": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.6729230284690857
  },
  {
    "type": "BIOS",
    "result": {
      "date": "08/07/2020",
      "release": "",
      "vendor": "VMware, Inc.",
      "version": "VMW71.00V.16707776.B64.2008070230",
      "type": "UEFI"
    },
    "stat": 0.29360997676849365
  },
  {
    "type": "Bootmgr",
    "result": {
      "name": "debian",
      "firmware": "\\EFI\\debian\\shimx64.efi",
      "order": 4,
      "secureBoot": false
    },
    "stat": 1.6716639995574951
  },
  {
    "type": "Board",
    "result": {
      "name": "440BX Desktop Reference Platform",
      "vendor": "Intel Corporation",
      "version": "",
      "serial": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.28768301010131836
  },
  {
    "type": "Chassis",
    "result": {
      "type": "Other",
      "vendor": "",
      "version": "",
      "serial": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.48437100648880005
  },
  {
    "type": "Kernel",
    "result": {
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      "name": "Linux",
      "release": "6.12.57+deb13-amd64",
      "version": "#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Debian 6.12.57-1 (2025-11-05)",
      "pageSize": 4096
    },
    "stat": 0.003739982843399048
  },
  {
    "type": "InitSystem",
    "result": {
      "name": "systemd",
      "exe": "/usr/lib/systemd/systemd",
      "version": "257.9-1~deb13u1",
      "pid": 1
    },
    "stat": 1.5053550004959106
  },
  {
    "type": "Uptime",
    "result": {
      "uptime": 265673330,
      "bootTime": "2025-11-21T01:02:01.144+0000"
    },
    "stat": 0.43340498208999634
  },
  {
    "type": "Loadavg",
    "result": [
      0.22,
      0.23,
      0.19
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  {
    "type": "Processes",
    "result": 140,
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    "type": "Packages",
    "result": {
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      "brew": 0,
      "brewCask": 0,
      "choco": 0,
      "dpkg": 664,
      "emerge": 0,
      "eopkg": 0,
      "flatpakSystem": 0,
      "flatpakUser": 0,
      "guixSystem": 0,
      "guixUser": 0,
      "guixHome": 0,
      "hpkgSystem": 0,
      "hpkgUser": 0,
      "linglong": 0,
      "mport": 0,
      "nixDefault": 0,
      "nixSystem": 0,
      "nixUser": 0,
      "opkg": 0,
      "pacman": 0,
      "pacstall": 0,
      "paludis": 0,
      "pisi": 0,
      "pkg": 0,
      "pkgtool": 0,
      "pkgsrc": 0,
      "macports": 0,
      "rpm": 0,
      "scoopUser": 0,
      "scoopGlobal": 0,
      "snap": 0,
      "soar": 0,
      "sorcery": 0,
      "winget": 0,
      "xbps": 0,
      "pacmanBranch": ""
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    "stat": 10.907292008399963
  },
  {
    "type": "Shell",
    "result": {
      "exe": "zsh",
      "exeName": "zsh",
      "exePath": "/usr/bin/zsh",
      "pid": 62145,
      "ppid": 62144,
      "processName": "zsh",
      "prettyName": "zsh",
      "version": "5.9",
      "tty": 0
    },
    "stat": 6.835244983434677
  },
  {
    "type": "Editor",
    "error": "$VISUAL or $EDITOR not set",
    "stat": 0.004460006952285767
  },
  {
    "type": "Display",
    "result": [
      {
        "id": 41,
        "name": "Virtual-1",
        "primary": false,
        "output": {
          "width": 1280,
          "height": 768,
          "refreshRate": 60.0,
          "drrStatus": null
        },
        "scaled": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        },
        "preferred": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0,
          "refreshRate": 0.0
        },
        "physical": {
          "width": 0,
          "height": 0
        },
        "rotation": 0,
        "bitDepth": 8,
        "hdrStatus": null,
        "type": "Unknown",
        "manufactureDate": null,
        "serial": null,
        "platformApi": "libdrm"
      }
    ],
    "stat": 5.758042991161346
  },
  {
    "type": "Brightness",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 1.0704610049724579
  },
  {
    "type": "Monitor",
    "error": "Monitor module is an alias of Display module",
    "stat": 0.0031099915504455566
  },
  {
    "type": "LM",
    "result": {
      "service": "sshd",
      "type": "TTY",
      "version": ""
    },
    "stat": 0.6456060111522675
  },
  {
    "type": "DE",
    "error": "No DE found",
    "stat": 0.0026369988918304443
  },
  {
    "type": "WM",
    "error": "No WM found",
    "stat": 0.002169996500015259
  },
  {
    "type": "WMTheme",
    "error": "WM Theme needs successful WM detection",
    "stat": 0.002959996461868286
  },
  {
    "type": "Theme",
    "error": "Theme isn't supported in TTY",
    "stat": 0.002173006534576416
  },
  {
    "type": "Icons",
    "error": "Icons aren't supported in TTY",
    "stat": 0.001967012882232666
  },
  {
    "type": "Font",
    "error": "Font isn't supported in TTY",
    "stat": 0.002146005630493164
  },
  {
    "type": "Cursor",
    "error": "Cursor isn't supported in TTY",
    "stat": 0.0032530128955841064
  },
  {
    "type": "Wallpaper",
    "error": "Failed to detect the current wallpaper path",
    "stat": 0.18794700503349304
  },
  {
    "type": "Terminal",
    "result": {
      "processName": "sshd-session",
      "exe": "sshd-session: user@pts/0",
      "exeName": "0",
      "exePath": "",
      "pid": 62144,
      "ppid": 62136,
      "prettyName": "/dev/pts/0",
      "version": "",
      "tty": "/dev/pts/0"
    },
    "stat": 0.3177909851074219
  },
  {
    "type": "TerminalFont",
    "error": "Unknown terminal: sshd-session",
    "stat": 0.009606003761291504
  },
  {
    "type": "TerminalSize",
    "result": {
      "columns": 178,
      "rows": 37,
      "width": 1424,
      "height": 629
    },
    "stat": 0.01353299617767334
  },
  {
    "type": "TerminalTheme",
    "result": {
      "fg": {
        "r": 231,
        "g": 231,
        "b": 231,
        "dark": false
      },
      "bg": {
        "r": 0,
        "g": 0,
        "b": 0,
        "dark": true
      }
    },
    "stat": 27.15040197968483
  },
  {
    "type": "CPU",
    "result": {
      "cpu": "Intel(R) Xeon(R) E5-2620 0",
      "vendor": "GenuineIntel",
      "packages": 1,
      "cores": {
        "physical": 1,
        "logical": 1,
        "online": 1
      },
      "frequency": {
        "base": 2000,
        "max": 0
      },
      "coreTypes": [],
      "temperature": null,
      "march": "x86_64-v2"
    },
    "stat": 0.9388000071048737
  },
  {
    "type": "CPUCache",
    "result": {
      "l1": [
        {
          "size": 32768,
          "num": 1,
          "lineSize": 64,
          "type": "data"
        },
        {
          "size": 32768,
          "num": 1,
          "lineSize": 64,
          "type": "instruction"
        }
      ],
      "l2": [
        {
          "size": 262144,
          "num": 1,
          "lineSize": 64,
          "type": "unified"
        }
      ],
      "l3": [
        {
          "size": 15728640,
          "num": 1,
          "lineSize": 64,
          "type": "unified"
        }
      ]
    },
    "stat": 1.335976004600525
  },
  {
    "type": "CPUUsage",
    "result": [
      0.0
    ],
    "stat": 200.47090700268745
  },
  {
    "type": "GPU",
    "result": [
      {
        "index": null,
        "coreCount": null,
        "coreUsage": null,
        "memory": {
          "dedicated": {
            "total": null,
            "used": null
          },
          "shared": {
            "total": null,
            "used": null
          },
          "type": null
        },
        "driver": "vmwgfx 2.20.0.0",
        "name": "SVGA II Adapter",
        "temperature": null,
        "type": null,
        "vendor": "VMware",
        "platformApi": "DRM (card0)",
        "frequency": null,
        "deviceId": 120
      }
    ],
    "stat": 3.780685007572174
  },
  {
    "type": "Memory",
    "result": {
      "total": 1013751808,
      "used": 451313664
    },
    "stat": 0.09434700012207031
  },
  {
    "type": "PhysicalMemory",
    "error": "Failed to get SMBIOS data",
    "stat": 0.04334399104118347
  },
  {
    "type": "Swap",
    "result": [
      {
        "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
        "used": 1835008,
        "total": 1023406080
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.06045800447463989
  },
  {
    "type": "Disk",
    "result": [
      {
        "bytes": {
          "available": 9653780480,
          "free": 10451431424,
          "total": 15262949376,
          "used": 4811517952
        },
        "files": {
          "total": 954720,
          "used": 74184
        },
        "filesystem": "ext4",
        "mountpoint": "/",
        "mountFrom": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
        "name": "",
        "volumeType": [
          "Regular"
        ],
        "createTime": "2022-07-02T16:57:19.000+0100"
      }
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  },
  {
    "type": "Btrfs",
    "error": "opendir(\"/sys/fs/btrfs\") == NULL",
    "stat": 0.02241399884223938
  },
  {
    "type": "Zpool",
    "error": "dlopen libzfs.so failed",
    "stat": 9.43181100487709
  },
  {
    "type": "Battery",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.2127009928226471
  },
  {
    "type": "PowerAdapter",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.7133120000362396
  },
  {
    "type": "Player",
    "error": "Player module is an alias of Media module",
    "stat": 0.0024840235710144043
  },
  {
    "type": "Media",
    "error": "No media found",
    "stat": 5.941353976726532
  },
  {
    "type": "PublicIp",
    "result": {
      "ip": "REDACTED",
      "location": "REDACTED"
    },
    "stat": 0.450082004070282
  },
  {
    "type": "LocalIp",
    "result": [
      {
        "name": "ens160",
        "defaultRoute": {
          "ipv4": true,
          "ipv6": false
        },
        "ipv4": "10.50.19.23/24",
        "ipv6": "",
        "mac": "00:50:56:9a:26:45",
        "mtu": 1500,
        "speed": 10000,
        "flags": "UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,LOWER_UP"
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.702006995677948
  },
  {
    "type": "DNS",
    "result": [
      "10.50.19.20"
    ],
    "stat": 0.07036900520324707
  },
  {
    "type": "Wifi",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.4438510239124298
  },
  {
    "type": "DateTime",
    "result": "2025-11-24T02:49:54.754+0000",
    "stat": 0.03136098384857178
  },
  {
    "type": "Locale",
    "result": "en_GB.UTF-8",
    "stat": 0.003116011619567871
  },
  {
    "type": "Vulkan",
    "error": "dlopen libvulkan.so failed",
    "stat": 0.5903240144252777
  },
  {
    "type": "OpenGL",
    "error": "dlopen glx failed",
    "stat": 0.8703230023384094
  },
  {
    "type": "OpenCL",
    "error": "dlopen libOpenCL.so failed",
    "stat": 0.4169810116291046
  },
  {
    "type": "Users",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.07686200737953186
  },
  {
    "type": "Bluetooth",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.017700999975204468
  },
  {
    "type": "BluetoothRadio",
    "error": "Failed to open /sys/class/bluetooth",
    "stat": 0.015650004148483276
  },
  {
    "type": "Sound",
    "error": "Failed to load libpulse.so",
    "stat": 0.29269298911094666
  },
  {
    "type": "Camera",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.05429801344871521
  },
  {
    "type": "Gamepad",
    "result": [],
    "stat": 0.37252700328826904
  },
  {
    "type": "Mouse",
    "result": [
      {
        "serial": "",
        "name": "VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse",
        "ignored": false
      },
      {
        "serial": "",
        "name": "VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse",
        "ignored": false
      },
      {
        "serial": "",
        "name": "VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse",
        "ignored": false
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.9488629996776581
  },
  {
    "type": "Keyboard",
    "result": [
      {
        "serial": "",
        "name": "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard",
        "ignored": false
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.46226298809051514
  },
  {
    "type": "Weather",
    "error": "ffNetworkingSendHttpRequest() failed",
    "stat": 742.7382089793682
  },
  {
    "type": "NetIO",
    "result": [
      {
        "name": "ens160",
        "defaultRoute": true,
        "txBytes": 6936,
        "rxBytes": 8697,
        "txPackets": 54,
        "rxPackets": 97,
        "rxErrors": 0,
        "txErrors": 0,
        "rxDrops": 0,
        "txDrops": 0
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.7837870121002197
  },
  {
    "type": "DiskIO",
    "result": [
      {
        "name": "VMware Virtual NVMe Disk",
        "devPath": "/dev/nvme0n1",
        "bytesRead": 147456,
        "bytesWritten": 4096,
        "readCount": 8,
        "writeCount": 1
      }
    ],
    "stat": 0.2724300026893616
  },
  {
    "type": "PhysicalDisk",
    "result": [
      {
        "name": "VMware Virtual NVMe Disk",
        "devPath": "/dev/nvme0n1",
        "interconnect": "NVMe",
        "kind": "SSD",
        "size": 17179869184,
        "serial": "VMWare NVME-0000",
        "removable": false,
        "readOnly": false,
        "revision": "1.0",
        "temperature": null
      }
    ],
    "stat": 1.0273620188236237
  },
  {
    "type": "TPM",
    "error": "TPM device is not found",
    "stat": 0.05361500382423401
  },
  {
    "type": "Version",
    "result": {
      "projectName": "fastfetch",
      "sysName": "Linux",
      "architecture": "x86_64",
      "version": "2.55.1",
      "versionGit": "",
      "cmakeBuiltType": "RelWithDebInfo",
      "compileTime": "Nov 16 2025, 01:58:41",
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  },
  {
    "type": "Break",
    "error": "Unsupported for JSON format",
    "stat": 0.002200007438659668
  },
  {
    "type": "Colors",
    "error": "Unsupported for JSON format",
    "stat": 0.0015159845352172852
  }
]
```

### Features built-in

```text
threads
vulkan
wayland
xcb-randr
xrandr
drm
drm_amdgpu
gio
dconf
dbus
imagemagick7
imagemagick6
zlib
sqlite3
rpm
egl
glx
opencl
libpulse
libddcutil
libelf
libzfs
Directx Headers
linux/videodev2
linux/wireless
Embedded pciids
```

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