Your message dated Tue, 17 Jun 2025 03:04:34 +0000
with message-id <[email protected]>
and subject line Bug#1074591: fixed in acct 6.6.4-6
has caused the Debian Bug report #1074591,
regarding acct: cron job needs wtmpdb last and points it to wtmp file
to be marked as done.
This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.
(NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this
message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system
misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact [email protected]
immediately.)
--
1074591: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1074591
Debian Bug Tracking System
Contact [email protected] with problems
--- Begin Message ---
Package: acct
Version: 6.6.4-5+b2
The acct package installs /etc/cron.monthly/acct which uses the last(1) command.
The `last` command used to be provided by the util-linux package, but
it has been deliberately removed starting from util-linux 2.40.1-3
(see util-linux changelog).
This means that, with recent versions of util-linux, the cronjob fails with:
/etc/cron.monthly/acct: 46: last: not found
/etc/cron.monthly/acct: 57: last: not found
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
Source: acct
Source-Version: 6.6.4-6
Done: Andrew Bower <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
acct, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andrew Bower <[email protected]> (supplier of updated acct package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing [email protected])
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA512
Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2025 07:57:39 +0100
Source: acct
Architecture: source
Version: 6.6.4-6
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Andrew Bower <[email protected]>
Closes: 1074591
Changes:
acct (6.6.4-6) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Team upload.
.
[ Andrew Bower ]
* Use wtmpdb last appropriately in monthly cron job. (Closes: #1074591)
- only use last if present.
- use new last to read the last month from wtmpdb database instead of
failing to read an old wtmp file.
- warn of limitations in analysis of old wtmp data.
* Add 'Recommends: wtmpdb' for login accounting.
* Update package description to be clear on limitations and use cases.
* Add NEWS and update README on login accounting limitations.
Checksums-Sha1:
c02ad2b435f73f62ce83b35bad9f821647781dea 2119 acct_6.6.4-6.dsc
197839ebb33de15855d67f2efe42289dc8df5d0f 21740 acct_6.6.4-6.debian.tar.xz
72ed915b845115f448620a9034818f79b38da737 6509 acct_6.6.4-6_amd64.buildinfo
Checksums-Sha256:
8db4fab38d708c5c456190cda6c99c6599a1f6ed167c2a0abc4d06dbd073b3b5 2119
acct_6.6.4-6.dsc
d19322e02a568f939f2dfb9acdec07d69435d754d539297a858cf484a82d1717 21740
acct_6.6.4-6.debian.tar.xz
7fc22f0272cc3ace10a4a0b03035fe3ce450f968a9f25845e2425911603626ce 6509
acct_6.6.4-6_amd64.buildinfo
Files:
d13e1d964dd19120aff29710080f0cdf 2119 admin optional acct_6.6.4-6.dsc
65c1ad0d25157a36605b1b3edfb4eca1 21740 admin optional
acct_6.6.4-6.debian.tar.xz
cee966a2a838beafe7913cff92c6b5fa 6509 admin optional
acct_6.6.4-6_amd64.buildinfo
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----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=EcuI
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
pgpkFJ8miTKJP.pgp
Description: PGP signature
--- End Message ---
