Bug 7622

Summary:	GNOME gnome-terminal does not update /var/run/utmp
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	roberto
Component:	gnome-core	Assignee:	Elliot Lee <sopwith>
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Description roberto 1999-12-06 07:06:43 UTC

The GNOME virtual terminal program (gnome-terminal) does not update entries
in /var/run/utmp. This means that users do not appear in the 'who' and 'w'
commands. Interestingly /usr/sbin/gnome-pty-helper is guid=utmp, but this
doesn't seem to solve the problem.

Comment 1 Elliot Lee 2000-01-17 18:47:59 UTC

To the best of my knowledge, login sessions go into utmp, not shell prompts.
Therefore, utmp support belongs in gdm (where it will eventually go), and not
gnome-terminal.