Bug 3080

Summary:	gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Joseph Malicki <malicki.1>
Component:	gdm	Assignee:	David Mason <dcm>
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Priority:	low
Version:	6.0	CC:	lcantey, mkp
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Description Joseph Malicki 1999-05-27 01:36:33 UTC

xdm writes utmp/wtmp entries during login/logout in
GiveConsole and TakeConsole like so:

GiveConsole:/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg  -a -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u
"/var/run/utmp" \
TakeConsole:/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -d -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u
"/var/run/utmp" \

But gdm doesn't, so when I log in via gdm, I can see "0
users".. this isn't a really big deal, but is it possible
that it could be fixed to track logins/logouts via gdm?

Comment 1 Joseph Malicki 1999-05-27 02:59:59 UTC

This can be fixed by the following, could you please include in next
release?

mkdir /etc/X11/gdm/{Pre,Post}Session
cp /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default
cp /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole /etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/Default

Comment 2 Jay Turner 1999-05-27 14:34:59 UTC

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further review

Comment 3 Michael K. Johnson 1999-07-12 20:57:59 UTC

Added mkp to CC so that he can evaluate this change for the next
version of gdm.

Comment 4 Elliot Lee 1999-08-31 19:08:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 2614 ***