Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 18:48:25 +0400 From: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Yar Tikhiy <yar@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recent getty(8) changes clobbers w(1) Message-ID: <20030623144825.GB62734@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <20030623144600.GA83185@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20030619132028.GA1493@atlantis.rodal.no> <20030623144600.GA83185@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 18:46:00 +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 03:20:28PM +0200, Morten Rodal wrote: > > After the recent getty(8) changes w(1) will now show root logins on > > the same ttys if you use su(1). However, after logging out the root > > user is not removed from the w(1) (or who(1) for that matter). > > > > Example output from w(1) where tty p0 and p4 have been used to login > > with root, and currently logged out while p2 is still logged in. > > > > [atlantis] ~> w > > 3:17pm up 5:44, 8 users, load averages: 0,02 0,15 0,31 > > USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT > > root p0 - 9:40am - vi > > root p2 - 3:11pm 2 -su (csh) > > root p4 - 3:14pm - w > > morten p0 :0.0 3:10pm - vi > > morten p1 :0.0 9:46am 2 irssi > > morten p2 :0.0 3:10pm 2 -su (csh) > > morten p3 :0.0 3:10pm 6 ssh slimy > > morten p4 :0.0 3:11pm - w > > > > As far as I know this started after the getty(8) changes, but it could > > be some other changes as while. Am I the only one seeing this? > > Thanks for reporting this, but I've been unable to reproduce the > problem. Moreover, getty(8) is neither responsible for updating > utmp(5) nor used on pseudo terminals, so my recent changes to > getty(8) could hardly introduce the problem you were observing. > A possible reason for it might be that your utmp(5) file got broken > in some way. It can be some "su" problem too, I saw similar reports.
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