Bug 3080 – gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...

Bug 3080 - gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...

Summary:	gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2614

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	gdm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Reported:	1999-05-26 21:36 EDT by Joseph Malicki
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Last Closed:	1999-08-31 15:08:07 EDT
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Description Joseph Malicki 1999-05-26 21:36:33 EDT

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 1999-05-26 22:59:59 EDT

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 10:34:59 EDT

This issue has been forwarded to a developer for further review

Comment 3 Michael K. Johnson 1999-07-12 16:57:59 EDT

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

Comment 4 Elliot Lee 1999-08-31 15:08:59 EDT

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

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