The following reply was made to PR bin/31072; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: List Mail User <track@Plectere.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: paul@Plectere.com
Subject: Re: bin/31072: w  doesn't update ownership of tty
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:32:51 -0700 (PDT)

 	This is like not a bug in /bin/login, but a difference between
 the various shells' built-in "login" functions and /bin/login.  For example,
 the built-in function of login" in /bin/csh gives exactly the behavior
 mentioned in the bug;  The "workaround" is to type "exec login" - whether
 or not it is a bug, someone else may determine, but I've been using this
 "workaround" for several years and it indeed will then change the tty's
 ownership (vs. the "csh" built-in "login", which does not).
 
 	Paul Shupak