Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 17:27:02 -0400 (EDT) From: Vivek Khera <khera@kciLink.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: how should one use the "/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg" program in 4.x? Message-ID: <14744.25638.954559.165195@onceler.kciLink.com>
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In my KDM configuration, I use the sessreg program to log the session
into wtmp and utmp as follows:
/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u "/var/run/utmp" \
-x "/usr/local/etc/kdm/Xservers" -l $DISPLAY -h `hostname -s` $USER
where $DISPLAY is typically ":0"
Similarly, the logout is logged by changing the '-a' above to '-d'.
This gives me nice entries that show up in the "last" command so I can
see how long and when each session was per user.
Under 3.x-STABLE, this worked fine. Under 4.1-STABLE, this works ok,
except when I do a "w" command I get this:
[onceler]% w
w: /dev/:0: No such file or directory
5:23PM up 1:07, 3 users, load averages: 2.19, 2.03, 1.61
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
khera p0 :0.0 4:55PM - w
khera p1 :0.0 4:55PM 2 rlogin kci
khera p3 :0.0 4:56PM 8 /usr/libexec/cc1plus /
[onceler]% who
khera ttyp0 Aug 14 16:55 (:0.0)
khera ttyp1 Aug 14 16:55 (:0.0)
khera ttyp3 Aug 14 16:56 (:0.0)
khera :0 Aug 14 16:55 (onceler)
[onceler]%
As you can see, the sessreg creates an active user on tty ":0", which
is what is causing the heartburn for "w".
Does anyone else do something like this with sessreg? What is the
proper way to log in such sessions for accounting/tracking purposes?
My 4.1-STABLE is as of this morning (just upgraded.)
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