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Subject:    Bug#14892: marked as done (konsole doesn't create utmp entries) by Stephan Binner <Stephan.Binner@gm
From:       owner () bugs ! kde ! org (Stephan Kulow)
Date:       2001-09-30 12:48:02
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Your message with subj: konsole doesn't create utmp entries

Konsole now creates non-writeable utmp entries if utempter is installed.


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Subject: konsole doesn't create utmp entries
From: Stefan Hundhammer <sh@suse.de>
To: submit@bugs.kde.org

Package: konsole
Version: 1.0.1 (KDE 2.0)
Severity: normal
Compiler: gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)
OS: Linux 2.2.16 i686 (compiled sources)

"who am i" in a "konsole" window doesn't output anything. It works as expected with "xterm". 
Obviously "konsole" doesn't create a corresponding "utmp" entry like "xterm" does.

"konsole_grantpty" has the SUID flag set:

[sh @ snell] /opt/kde2/bin  9 % ll konsole_grantpty
-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     root        14282 Oct 22 11:46 konsole_grantpty  

System: SuSE Linux 7.0 Professional out-of-the-box (no special development RPMs etc. installed).

[sh @ snell] /opt/kde2/bin  11 % uname -a
Linux snell 2.2.16 #1 Wed Aug 2 20:22:26 GMT 2000 i686 unknown 
[sh @ snell] /opt/kde2/bin  12 % rpm -qf `which who`
sh_utils-2.0-155  

Just the same problem with "who" and "finger": "konsole" sessions don't show up.
The "utmp" man page says:
  
       xterm(1)  and  other  terminal emulators directly create a
       USER_PROCESS record and generate the ut_id  by  using  the
       last  two  letters  of  /dev/ttyp%c  or  by  using p%d for
       /dev/pts/%d.  If they find a  DEAD_PROCESS  for  this  id,
       they  recycle  it,  otherwise they create a new entry.  If
       they can, they will mark it as DEAD_PROCESS on exiting and
       it is advised that they null ut_line, ut_time, ut_user and
       ut_host as well.
 
       xdm(8) should not create an utmp record, because there  is
       no  assigned  terminal.  Letting it create one will result
       in trouble like: finger: can  not  stat  /dev/machine.dom.
       It  should  create wtmp entries, though, just like ftpd(8)
       does.
                                                                                                     
IMHO "konsole" should behave just like "xterm", right?

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