Re: [gdm-list] gdm, utmp and autolog

[Brian Cameron <Brian Cameron Sun COM>]

Joerg:

Take a look at the PreSession script, I believe it manages wtmp/utmp
registration.  Perhaps you've found a bug in the way the script works.

Brian


> I'm running redhat 8.0 (gdm-2.4.0.7-14) and autolog. autolog automatically
> logs out users after a while. This tool is reading /var/run/utmp via
> getutent.
>
> When logging into the system via tty everything is fine (ut_line is set to
> ttyX).
>
> When logging in via gdm, ut_line is set to ":0". This is definitely wrong. I
> tried it out with redhat 9 - and it is runnig correctly (ut_line = "pts/1").
>
> So, there is something wrong while setutent(). I've had la look at gdm
> source, but haven't found the right hint.
>
> Any suggestions ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Joerg.