Re: Is updating utmp when logging in a user a requirement in Debian?

2013-07-03 Thread Ian Jackson
Petter Reinholdtsen writes (Is updating utmp when logging in a user a requirement in Debian?): So my question to my fellow debian developers is simply this: Is correct updating of utmp and wtmp a requirement in debian, or just nice to have? Is it a wishlist bug to fix it, or a release critical

Re: Is updating utmp when logging in a user a requirement in Debian?

2013-07-03 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 09:36:15AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: Traditionally, on Unix like systems, it is possible to run the 'w' and 'who' command to see all logged in users and ttys currently in used on the system. These commands look in /var/run/utmp to figure out what users are

Is updating utmp when logging in a user a requirement in Debian?

2013-06-29 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
Hi. Traditionally, on Unix like systems, it is possible to run the 'w' and 'who' command to see all logged in users and ttys currently in used on the system. These commands look in /var/run/utmp to figure out what users are logged in, and depend on login managers (like login, gdm, etc) and