Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 19:45:59 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: jkh@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: utmp changes Message-ID: <18403.852317159@critter.dk.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Jan 1997 09:37:19 PST." <199701031737.JAA00399@precipice.shockwave.com>
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In message <199701031737.JAA00399@precipice.shockwave.com>, Paul Traina writes: >I'm just back from a few weeks out of the country, so my memory may be >stale, but I thought if we were going to break utmp compatibility, we >were going to put in ALL of the requested changes right now, instead >of doing it bit by bit. > >I believe P-H wanted a larger field for the host size (16 is silly) and >an additional field for the IPv[46] address. If so, let's get them done >now before we have to re-compile and link every application twice. No what I wanted was a space for the key-name for ssh and a flag for the fact that the session is encrypted. >(I'm really unhappy about X11 code changing. Perhaps it's time to augment > the utmp/wtmp write stuff in libutil into a full blown read/write package?) yes. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail.
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