Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 11:42:06 -0800 (PST) From: William A Gill <bill@duchess.wagill.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: bin/1941: wtmp and monthly rotation Message-ID: <199611011942.LAA25672@duchess.wagill.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199611011950.LAA24919@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1941 >Category: bin >Synopsis: wtmp and monthly rotation >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Nov 1 11:50:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: William A Gill >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD duchess.wagill.com 2.1.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE #0: Thu Sep 5 00:21:50 PDT 1996 root@duchess.wagill.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/DUCHESS i386 >Description: Log-in/log-out information in /var/log/wtmp is not kept across month boudaries; meaning that if a user logs in on say 31 October and logs out on 1 November, and the monthly cron run file rotation takes place in between, then the record for that user in October's wtmp file (now wtmp.0) will not reflect the user's log-out in November, and neither will the November (current) wtmp file. >How-To-Repeat: Log-in before the end of a given month, and log-out in the next month. >Fix: Is this a bug? Or is this a "feature"? In either case, it would be nice to have complete login/logout information in /var/log/wtmp. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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