Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 06:31:21 -0700 From: Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson <insane@lunatic.oneinsane.net> To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: wdm breaks getlogin()? Message-ID: <19991014063121.B18105@lunatic.oneinsane.net> In-Reply-To: <199910120653.XAA02592@kl65364.intercon.hp.com>
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THere is a new version out that is not in the ports tree yet that
addresses this issue. I don't have my notes with me but if you need the
link to it drop me a line and I will dig it up.
TIA
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Ken Lui was heard blurting out:
> I discovered that on two different installations of wdm under
> FreeBSD 3.2 RELEASE, the getlogin() call returns "root" rather
> than my login. I tried to isolate the cause of this whether if
> it's due to Window Maker, aterm, or my machine in general. If I
> don't use wdm but just the console with startx, getlogin()
> works. If I telnet into my FreeBSD box from another machine, it
> works. If I replace wdm with xdm it works.
>
> Anyone who's more familiar with the code than I know the problem
> off hand? There is a setlogin() but I'm unsure about how the
> architecture works. My feel is from browsing through the code,
> things should work. [wdm runs upon launch (I have it set up via
> /etc/ttys) and invokes an instance of wdmLogin which displays
> the login panel. When login and password are entered, wdmLogin
> invokes another instance of wdm which then calls setlogin()
> before actually logging in.] I'm obviously missing something
> since things aren't working.
>
> My sample program:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
> #include <unistd.h>
>
> main()
> {
> printf("%s\n",getlogin());
> }
>
>
> Ken
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