Subject: Re: utmp file format change
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 08/22/2001 11:11:37
itojun@iijlab.net said:
> I don't believe there's a daemon for utmp->utmpx conversion, from
> Solaris 2.8 manpage for utmp(4). i shouldn't paste the content here,
> so please go see it yourself. i understand your point, about issues
> with old binaries that can potentially damage (new-format)
> /var/log/utmp.
See the Solaris 2.8 manpage for utmpd. This daemon actually cleans up
utmp/utmpx entries when processes don't due the right thing.
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