[Bug 571416] [NEW] chkutmp failure

[Lupe Christoph]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: chkrootkit

# /usr/lib/chkrootkit/chkutmp
 The tty of the following user process(es) were not found
 in /var/run/utmp !
! RUID          PID TTY    CMD
! lupe        13395 pts/0  /usr/bin/mutt
! lupe        13266 pts/0  /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop
! lupe        13398 pts/3  /usr/bin/mutt -f Incoming/Spam
! lupe        13270 pts/3  /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f Incoming/Spam
! lupe        13396 pts/4  /usr/bin/mutt -f Incoming/Spam.sure
! lupe        13271 pts/4  /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f Incoming/Spam.sure
! lupe         2673 pts/5  /usr/bin/mutt -y
! lupe        13272 pts/5  /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -y
# ls -l /dev/pts/0
crw--w---- 1 lupe tty 136, 0 2010-04-28 21:45 /dev/pts/0

Only processes started from a launcher are affected. The command is
gnome-terminal --geometry=197x66+0+27 --tab-with-profile=mutt:INBOX --tab-with-profile=mutt:Octogon --tab-with-profile=mutt:Spam.perhaps --tab-with-profile=mutt:Spam --tab-with-profile=mutt:Spam.sure --tab-with-profile=mutt:Misc --tab-with-profile=Default

And only some of those. Here is the process tree:

lupe     13252     1  0 Apr27 ?        00:01:39 gnome-terminal --geometry=197x66+0+27 --tab-with-profile=mutt:INBOX --tab-with-profile=mutt:Octogon --tab-with-profile=mutt:Spam.perhaps --tab-with
lupe     13266 13252  0 Apr27 pts/0    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop
lupe     13395 13266  0 Apr27 pts/0    00:00:01  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt
lupe     13268 13252  0 Apr27 pts/1    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f imap://lupe@www.octogon.de/INBOX
lupe     13530 13268  0 Apr27 pts/1    00:00:01  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt -f imap://lupe@www.octogon.de/INBOX
lupe     13269 13252  0 Apr27 pts/2    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f Incoming/Spam.perhaps
lupe     13400 13269  0 Apr27 pts/2    00:00:00  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt -f Incoming/Spam.perhaps
lupe     13270 13252  0 Apr27 pts/3    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f Incoming/Spam
lupe     13398 13270  0 Apr27 pts/3    00:00:00  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt -f Incoming/Spam
lupe     13271 13252  0 Apr27 pts/4    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -f Incoming/Spam.sure
lupe     13396 13271  0 Apr27 pts/4    00:00:02  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt -f Incoming/Spam.sure
lupe     13272 13252  0 Apr27 pts/5    00:00:00  \_ /bin/bash -i /home/lupe/scripts/muttloop -y
lupe      2673 13272  0 21:41 pts/5    00:00:00  |   \_ /usr/bin/mutt -y

You can see that pts/1 and pts/2 are missing.

So this is really strange. I have no idea what is happening here. The
effect is new with Lucid.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: chkrootkit 0.49-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.32-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 28 21:51:21 2010
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: chkrootkit

** Affects: chkrootkit (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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