The command "who -m" doesn't work

Bug #1564695 reported by Eason
12
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
GNOME Terminal
Fix Released
Wishlist
Ubuntu Kylin
Invalid
Undecided
zhangchao
coreutils (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
gnome-terminal (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
vte2.91 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

The command "who -m" doesn't work.

ps: This bug also exists in ubuntu 16.04 x64 Daily build 20160329

who -m只能没有作用,执行没有任何输出

Steps:
1. Install the Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 x64 Daily build 20160329
2. Boot the system
3. Open terminal, run the command "who -m"
--Failed. It doesn't work after run the command. It should show the hostname and user asociated with stdin.

Configuration:
PC: Dell Vostor
OS: Ubuntu Kylin 16.04 x64 Daily build 20160329

Paul White (paulw2u)
affects: ubuntu → coreutils (Ubuntu)
zhangchao (zctgbhu)
Changed in ubuntukylin:
milestone: xenial-finalrelease → yakkety-alpha1
Revision history for this message
Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1564695

tags: added: iso-testing
Changed in ubuntukylin:
milestone: yakkety-alpha1 → yakkety-beta1
Changed in ubuntukylin:
milestone: yakkety-beta1 → yakkety-beta2
Changed in ubuntukylin:
milestone: yakkety-beta2 → yakkety-finalrelease
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I was unable to recreate this on an Ubuntu system running either 16.04 and 16.10.

Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Revision history for this message
Mikael Magnusson (mikma) wrote :

The source of the problem is gnome-terminal in 16.04 which doesn't update wtmp. It broke a script of mine.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in vte2.91 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
tags: added: xenial
Revision history for this message
Egmont Koblinger (egmont-gmail) wrote :
Revision history for this message
Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e) wrote :

If you are still experiencing this bug please set status back to "confirmed".

Changed in ubuntukylin:
status: New → Confirmed
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
Changed in vte2.91 (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
importance: Medium → High
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
Changed in vte2.91 (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → High
Revision history for this message
C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote :

Setting the coreutils task to invalid. 'who' reports based on wtmp. If wtmp is not being updated by the applications, this is not a coreutils issue.

Changed in coreutils (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in gnome-terminal:
importance: Unknown → Wishlist
status: Unknown → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
dino99 (9d9) wrote :

Closing now as gnome-terminal has been released, and there is no comment since #7 above.

Changed in vte2.91 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in gnome-terminal (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in ubuntukylin:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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