Bug 3080 - gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...
Summary: gdm doesn't write utmp entry like xdm does...
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 2614
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: gdm
Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Mason
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 1999-05-27 01:36 UTC by Joseph Malicki
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 1999-08-31 19:08:07 UTC
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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 ***
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