maverick: utmp/last is logging every xterm
Tom H
tomh0665 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 28 02:09:59 UTC 2011
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
> On 2011-01-27, Tom H wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Since I upgraded to maverick, the output of `last` has included every
>>> xterm opened & closed. How can I reconfigure it just to show X,
>>> console, and ssh log-ins (as it used to do)?
>>
>> Use xterm's "-ut" option.
>
> It hadn't occurred to me to attack it from that end, but it works, so
> thanks!
>
> What changed from lucid to maverick --- the xterm default or the utmp
> logging configuration? (Just curious.)
You're welcome.
No idea what might have changed. xterm might have changed to run with
"XTerm*utmpInhibit: false" option, the group ownership of wtmp or utmp
might have changed from root to utmp, xterm might have changed to suid
or sgid root, or some xterm compilation option might have changed.
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