Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Matthew George <mdg@secureworks.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/54200: [PATCH] utmp.5 needs to reflect pam changes Message-ID: <20030707190154.I64707@localhost> Resent-Message-ID: <200307072310.h67NAMO2068771@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 54200 >Category: docs >Synopsis: [PATCH] utmp.5 needs to reflect pam changes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Jul 07 16:10:21 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Matthew George <mdg@secureworks.net> >Release: FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD mdg.secureworks.net 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #2: Tue Jun 10 11:13:46 EDT 2003 mdg@mdg.secureworks.net:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 >Description: utmp.5 still has several references to login(1), although in 5.x and later lastlog/utmp/wtmp manipulation is performed via pam_lastlog(8). >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Index: utmp.5 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/share/man/man5/utmp.5,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 utmp.5 --- utmp.5 4 Oct 2002 00:25:50 -0000 1.19 +++ utmp.5 7 Jul 2003 22:36:11 -0000 @@ -100,20 +100,17 @@ structures and is a binary log file, that is, grows linearly at its end. .Pp -Each time a user logs in, the -.Xr login 1 +By default, each time a user logs in, the +.Xr pam_lastlog 8 program looks up the user's .Tn UID in the file .Nm lastlog . If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged in, the terminal line and the hostname -are written to the standard output (unless the login is -.Em quiet , -see -.Xr login 1 ) . +are written to the standard output. The -.Xr login 1 +.Xr pam_lastlog 8 program then records the new login time in the file .Nm lastlog . .Pp @@ -140,7 +137,7 @@ .Xr who 1 . .Pp Next, the -.Xr login 1 +.Xr pam_lastlog 8 program opens the file .Nm wtmp , and appends the user's @@ -216,7 +213,7 @@ .Xr newsyslog 8 . .Pp If any one of these files does not exist, it is not created by -.Xr login 1 . +.Xr pam_lastlog 8 . They must be created manually. .Pp The supplied @@ -248,7 +245,6 @@ .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr last 1 , -.Xr login 1 , .Xr w 1 , .Xr who 1 , .Xr login 3 , @@ -256,7 +252,8 @@ .Xr logwtmp 3 , .Xr ttyslot 3 , .Xr ac 8 , -.Xr init 8 +.Xr init 8, +.Xr pam_lastlog 8 .Sh HISTORY A .Nm -- Matthew George SecureWorks Technical Operations >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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