82009 – sys-libs/utempter description says writing utmp records needs root access

Bug 82009 - sys-libs/utempter description says writing utmp records needs root access

Summary: sys-libs/utempter description says writing utmp records needs root access

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED)

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Keywords:	Inclusion

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Reported:	2005-02-14 09:53 UTC by Andreas Kling
Modified:	2005-04-15 05:41 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Andreas Kling 2005-02-14 09:53:42 UTC

The description for sys-libs/utempter reads "App that allows non-privileged apps to write utmp (login) info, which needs root access", which isn't really true.

Writing utmp records doesn't require root access, just write access to /var/run/utmp, which is accomplished in Gentoo by having /var/run/utmp chgrp'ed to 'utmp' and /usr/sbin/utempter setgid 'utmp'

Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Seemant Kulleen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-04-15 05:41:59 UTC

fixed, thanks!