Bug 12767 – XDM does not write wtmp entries (patches for TakeConsole and GiveConsole)

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Arcady Genkin (RETIRED) 2002-12-27 00:25:21 UTC]

Gentoo's XDM does not create wtmp or utmp entries for X console logins.  The
below patches to /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole and /etc/X11/xdm/TakeConsole fix this.

--- /tmp/GiveConsole	2002-12-27 00:39:32.000000000 -0500
+++ GiveConsole	2002-12-27 00:38:44.000000000 -0500
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 # causing serious grief.
 #
 chown $USER /dev/console
+/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg  -a -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u "/var/run/utmp" \
+        -x "/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers" -l $DISPLAY -h "" $USER

--- /tmp/TakeConsole	2002-12-27 00:39:32.000000000 -0500
+++ TakeConsole	2002-12-27 00:37:47.000000000 -0500
@@ -5,3 +5,5 @@
 #
 chmod 622 /dev/console
 chown root /dev/console
+/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -d -w "/var/log/wtmp" -u "/var/run/utmp" \
+	-x "/etc/X11/xdm/Xservers" -l $DISPLAY -h "" $USER

[Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-12-27 12:32:06 UTC]

Supposidly this is done in /etc/X11/gdm/PreSession/Default
and /etc/X11/gdm/PostSession/Default.

[Comment 2 Arcady Genkin (RETIRED) 2002-12-27 12:58:17 UTC]

I use the vanilla xdm here (not gdm), and the wtmp entries are definitely not
written.

[Comment 3 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2002-12-27 13:07:54 UTC]

Err, yes, sorry .. long night :/  Ill have a look.  Seems that for 4.2.99 and
later at least they started adding support for utemper, so for that it should
be fine if/when we get utemper in portage (if not already).

[Comment 4 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) 2003-01-19 08:32:39 UTC]

Ill add this post 1.4.

[Comment 5 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2004-03-14 01:00:35 UTC]

Az seems busy. =)

[Comment 6 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) 2005-08-11 04:24:57 UTC]

Is this still even remotely relevant after 2 1/2 years?!

[Comment 7 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2006-03-31 19:13:43 UTC]

Yes, it remains relevant.

[Comment 8 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) 2006-04-19 23:35:14 UTC]

Fixed (finally) in xdm-1.0.3-r1, thanks!