Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 15:51:44 +1000 From: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> To: Alex Belits <abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@staff.psinet.net.au>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best way to hook into user logins / logouts ? Message-ID: <199704240551.PAA26327@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 23 Apr 1997 19:35:43 MST." <Pine.LNX.3.95.970423184958.30466A-100000@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us>
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> > > That will be completely broken for xterm. > > > > No, it works fine for xterm, unless you've disabled wtmp/utmp > > logging by using -ut or the equivalent resource. > > ...and this is exactly what I mean by "broken" -- starting xterm isn't > exactly "login". Oh, well then I guess it depends on your definition. :) It *is* in fact a session, even in the truest technical sense. But even under your more strict definition of "login", then you'd miss a lot of real "logins" if you didn't account form them, for example, if an xterm was started from remote by: rsh <yourhost> exec env DISPLAY=$HOSTDISPLAY xterm & :-) Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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