LightDM does not update btmp, wtmp and, or utmp records
Bug #871070 reported by
Balwinder S Dheeman
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #870297: Lightdm logins not being logged in utmp.
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This bug affects 14 people
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Light Display Manager |
New
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Ubuntu |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
lightdm (Debian) |
Confirmed
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Unknown
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Bug Description
On a Unix-like and, or on a multi-user environment any login alternative must update utmp (http://
Due this shortcoming or missing feature of LightDM many utilities like 'w', 'who', 'last' and 'write' fail to work.
Changed in lightdm: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
Changed in lightdm (Debian): | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
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I think, some PAM module can do that, but I'm sure and, or don't know how. Need to check anonscm. debian. org/viewvc/ pkg-shadow/ upstream/ trunk/src/ login.c? revision= 3438&view= markup
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