From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 24 11:59:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29950 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:59:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA29922 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:59:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA02191; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:57:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA00847; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:57:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:57:50 -0800 (PST) Organization: Polstra & Co., Inc. From: John Polstra To: Alfred Perlstein Subject: Re: strange /var/log/wtmp logging Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, flo@ganymed.org Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 24-Nov-98 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, John Polstra wrote: > >> > Recently I noticed that there are strange log entries in my wtmp file. >> >> You probably have an old program predating the changes in the format >> wtmp file, which is writing old-style records into the file. The >> usual culprit is xterm. If you are using wu-ftpd from a port, it's >> another possibility. Likewise for sshd, I believe. > > urk, why hasn't someone made a UTMP_VERSION #define and > int get_utmp_version(), or whatnot that would > get bumped when utmp/wtmp change? There is a rich mine of past discussion all about this in the mailing list archives. Please, let's not rehash it all over again here. John --- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public." -- H. L. Mencken To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message