On Dec 21 22:23, Mike Dieter wrote: > I think that the login command might be overwriteing fields in the > wtmp and utmp files. > Now that we are using a longer word in the line filed of console I > noticed that the last > two letters le were showing up in the id field that follows it.
Your space key bounces. The two letters "le" show up by design. Have a look into /usr/include/sys/utmp.h and /usr/include/cygwin/utmp.h for the layout of the utmp structure. The ut_id field is generated by some arbitrary algorithm, in case of login(1) it's the abbreviated tty name. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
