Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 01:42:27 -0600 (CST) From: Zach Heilig <zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/3173: utmp and wtmp programs out of sync. Message-ID: <199704020742.BAA02459@murkwood.gaffaneys.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199704020750.XAA13347@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 3173 >Category: bin >Synopsis: utmp and wtmp programs out of sync. >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Apr 1 23:50:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Zach Heilig >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 >Environment: I cvsup'ed the tag RELENG_2_2 on April 1, and built it. I noticed this problem from the update I got on March 29, so I tried again before complaining. >Description: login writes utmp and wtmp records that 'last' can understand, but 'who', 'w', 'finger', and 'uptime' do not understand. xterm writes utmp and wtmp records that 'who', 'w', 'finger', and 'uptime' can use, but not 'last'. I'm sure there are more programs that muck around with utmp/wtmp, but these are the ones I thought to check. Script started on Wed Apr 2 01:14:58 1997 $ who zach ttyp1 Apr 2 01:12 (:0.0) zach ttyp2 Apr 2 01:14 (:0.0) $ w 1:15AM up 3 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.44, 0.21, 0.08 USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT zach p1 :0.0 1:12AM - /usr/local/bin/jove /tmp//p232 zach p2 :0.0 1:14AM - script $ finger Login Name TTY Idle Login Time Office Office Phone zach Zach Heilig p1 Wed 01:12 zach Zach Heilig p2 Wed 01:14 $ uptime 1:15AM up 3 mins, 2 users, load averages: 0.45, 0.22, 0.09 $ last reboot ~ Wed Apr 2 01:12 shutdown ~ Wed Apr 2 01:10 wtmp begins Wed Apr 2 01:10 $ Script done on Wed Apr 2 01:15:27 1997 Note the logins on the console do not show up (and if I log too many in, I get garbage in the 'who' list). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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