Bug 892134

Summary: script should not spawn a pty
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Mike Pennington <penningtonthing>
Component: util-linux-ngAssignee: Karel Zak <kzak>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Description Mike Pennington 2013-01-05 12:11:47 UTC 
Description of problem:

Script spawns a pty, which results in bogus wtmp entries.  For more information and history, refer to the discussion in the following hyperlink

http://serverfault.com/questions/455069/

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:

Look at your lastlog to understand the current state of it.  Execute "script ~/foo.log".  Execute "exit".  Execute "last -i"

Steps to Reproduce:
1. last -i | head
2. script ~/foo.log
3. date; exit
4. last -i | head
  
Actual results:

[mpenning@sasmars net]$ last -i | head
kkim14   pts/13       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/12       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/10       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/9        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/5        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
mpenning pts/17       192.0.2.29    Mon Dec 31 16:45 - 16:49  (00:03)
gduarte  pts/16       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:54   still logged in
gduarte  pts/14       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:44   still logged in
dspencer pts/14       192.0.2.4     Thu Dec 27 09:56 - 09:57  (00:01)
mpenning pts/14       192.0.2.91    Thu Dec 27 08:31 - 08:32  (00:00)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ script ~/something_random.log
Script started, file is /home/mpenning/something_random.log
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ date
Thu Jan  3 16:14:19 CST 2013
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ exit
exit
Script done, file is /home/mpenning/something_random.log
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ last -i | head
mpenning pts/15       0.0.0.0          Thu Jan  3 16:14 - 16:14  (00:00)
kkim14   pts/13       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/12       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/10       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/9        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/5        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
mpenning pts/17       192.0.2.29    Mon Dec 31 16:45 - 16:49  (00:03)
gduarte  pts/16       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:54   still logged in
gduarte  pts/14       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:44   still logged in
dspencer pts/14       192.0.2.4     Thu Dec 27 09:56 - 09:57  (00:01)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$

Expected results:

[mpenning@sasmars net]$ last -i | head
kkim14   pts/13       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/12       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/10       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/9        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/5        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
mpenning pts/17       192.0.2.29    Mon Dec 31 16:45 - 16:49  (00:03)
gduarte  pts/16       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:54   still logged in
gduarte  pts/14       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:44   still logged in
dspencer pts/14       192.0.2.4     Thu Dec 27 09:56 - 09:57  (00:01)
mpenning pts/14       192.0.2.91    Thu Dec 27 08:31 - 08:32  (00:00)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ script ~/something_random.log
Script started, file is /home/mpenning/something_random.log
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ date
Thu Jan  3 16:14:19 CST 2013
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ exit
exit
Script done, file is /home/mpenning/something_random.log
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ last -i | head
kkim14   pts/13       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/12       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/10       192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/9        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
kkim14   pts/5        192.0.2.225   Wed Jan  2 09:43   still logged in
mpenning pts/17       192.0.2.29    Mon Dec 31 16:45 - 16:49  (00:03)
gduarte  pts/16       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:54   still logged in
gduarte  pts/14       192.0.2.135   Thu Dec 27 10:44   still logged in
dspencer pts/14       192.0.2.4     Thu Dec 27 09:56 - 09:57  (00:01)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
[mpenning@sasmars net]$

Additional info:
Comment 2 RHEL Program Management 2013-01-10 06:47:17 UTC 
This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Comment 3 Karel Zak 2013-04-08 12:47:44 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Script spawns a pty, which results in bogus wtmp entries.  For more
> information and history, refer to the discussion in the following hyperlink

Well, the wtmp entry is expected (script is compiled --with-utempter) to make commands like "who" usable with in script(1) session.

The 0.0.0.0 is correct, it's not entry generated by login-like program.