ssh seems to use login. IMO you forgot one very important player: xbase. Lot's of people use xterm. rxvt should be in this list, too.
BTW Johnie could this utmp problem be the reason for me not being able to enter proftpd? Michael -- Dr. Michael Meskes, Projekt-Manager | topsystem Systemhaus GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Europark A2, Adenauerstr. 20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 52146 Wuerselen Go SF49ers! Use Debian GNU/Linux! | Tel: (+49) 2405/4670-44 >-----Original Message----- >From: Johnie Ingram [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 06, 1997 2:53 PM >To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org >Cc: Die Adresse des Empfängers ist unbekannt. >Subject: libc6 utmp and wtmp [Was: Re: official C library] > > >"Michael" == Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Michael> 1) utmp structure changed. I recompiled login for libc 6 so >Michael> who works again. But I still have problems accessing it (for >Michael> instance with procps) or writing it (for instance xterm). I >Michael> take it all binaries that access utmp have to be recompiled. > >Is there going to be a target date for this to happen? > >I just found that proftpd corrupts the wtmp beyond all recognition, as >far as "last" is concerned, when compiled for libc6. Is this a Bug in >proftpd or in every other package on the system? :-) > >Am I correct in thinking the major players to be synchronized here are >shellutils (who), sysvinit (last), netstd (rsh), login, ppp, procps, >wu-ftpd, and ssh? > > >--------------------- PGP E4 70 6E 59 80 6A F5 78 63 32 BC FB 7A 08 53 4C > > __ _ Debian GNU Johnie Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mm mm > / /(_)_ __ _ ___ __ System Administrator at Large mm mm > / / | | '_ \| | | \ \/ / m m m >/ /__| | | | | |_| |> < Those who do not understand UNIX mm mm >\____/_|_| |_|\__,_/_/\_\ are doomed to repeat it, poorly. GO BLUE > > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . >Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .