Randall R Schulz wrote:
> On Thursday 21 June 2007 10:16, Randall R Schulz wrote:
>> On Thursday 21 June 2007 10:04, Razi Khaja wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Just a quick question.  What is /etc/hushlogins and what is it used
>>> for?
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> Mine is a nearly empty file, it only contains a newline
>>> character. What is  peculiar is that the file was created in 1994
>> Same here:
>>
>> % ls -l /etc/hushlogins
>> -rw-r--r--  1 root root 1 1994-01-08 15:30 /etc/hushlogins
> 
> Also note the source of this file, the package "aaa_base":
> 
> % rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/hushlogins
> aaa_base-10.0-28
> 
> 
> On the other hand, "/etc/login.defs" comes from "pwdutils":
> 
> % rpm -q --whatprovides /etc/login.defs
> pwdutils-3.0.4-4.2

As a quick side question, what is the difference between --whatprovides and
--file (-f)? Looking at the man page, it seems like whatprovides is a more
general case of --file? What sort of other things besides files could you
look for?

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