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List:       bugtraq
Subject:    Re: DXTerm Bug
From:       "Kari E. Hurtta" <Kari.Hurtta () dionysos ! fmi ! fi>
Date:       1996-06-13 19:51:25
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J.R.Valverde kirjoittaa:
> That's an old well known... wossname??? thingy! The same happens with xterm
> and almost anything that gives you a 'nonlogin' shell. Well, actually with
> everything _but_ login shells.

utmp entry is wriitten by xterm -- not by shell. It is controlled by
xterm's options:        +ut and -ut

Login shell is controlled by
xterm's options:        +ls ans -ls

> Login shells make a note on the log file to indicate you were there. Non-
> login shells (or subshells) on the other hand don't.

No -- it is done by programs what starts login shells....

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