The following reply was made to PR bin/32903; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/32903: utmp remains empty
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 04:58:46 GMT

 > The following reply was made to PR bin/32903; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)
 > To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 > 	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: bin/32903: utmp remains empty
 > Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:31:45 -0500
 > 
 >  On Feb 22,  2:50pm, i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk (i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk) wrote:
 >  -- Subject: bin/32903: utmp remains empty
 > 
 >  | >Number:         32903
 >  | >Category:       bin
 >  | >Synopsis:       utmp remains empty
 >  | >Confidential:   no
 >  | >Severity:       serious
 >  | >Priority:       medium
 >  | >Responsible:    bin-bug-people
 >  | >State:          open
 >  | >Class:          sw-bug
 >  | >Submitter-Id:   net
 >  | >Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 22 14:50:02 +0000 2006
 >  | >Originator:     i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk
 >  | >Release:        NetBSD 3.0
 >  | >Organization:
 >  | >Environment:
 >  | System: NetBSD 3.0 (MYKERN) #2: Fri Feb 17 13:12:07 AKST 2006 /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MYKERN i386
 >  | Architecture: i386
 >  | Machine: i386
 >  | >Description:
 >  | 	i dont know what is going on, but i have checked things out as
 >  |     much as i can, and still, /var/run/utmp remains empty.
 >  | >How-To-Repeat:
 >  |
 >  |     $ last
 >  |
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Sun Feb 19 11:29
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 14:57
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 11:54
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 07:26
 >  | 	shutdown  ~                         Fri Feb 17 07:25
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 06:42
 >  | 	shutdown  ~                         Fri Feb 17 05:52
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 00:52
 >  | 	shutdown  ~                         Fri Feb 17 00:51
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Fri Feb 17 00:43
 >  | 	shutdown  ~                         Fri Feb 17 00:41
 >  | 	reboot    ~                         Thu Feb 16 22:52
 >  | 	shutdown  ~                         Thu Feb 16 22:52
 >  |
 >  | 	wtmpx begins Thu Feb 16 2006 22:52:49
 >  |
 >  | 	$ users
 >  | 	$
 >  |
 >  | 	$ who
 >  | 	$
 >  |
 >  | 	ytalk, write, and similar utilities all report "user not logged in".
 >  | 	i can't imagine NetBSD shipped like this - but yet, i have attempted
 >  | 	to figure out what is going on to the best of my ability.  if i ssh
 >  | 	into the machine, then all works as expected.  the problem is with
 >  | 	console logins only.
 > 
 >  Is there anything in messages? Are /var/run/utmp{x,} the right permission?
 > 
 >  -rw-rw-r--  1 root  utmp  /var/run/utmp
 >  -rw-rw-r--  1 root  utmp  /var/run/utmpx
 > 
 >  christos
 
 originally, i had:
 
 total 1
 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1080 Feb 22 05:43 utmp
 -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel   1024 Feb 22 05:43 utmpx
 
 i changed this to:
 
 total 1
 -rw-rw-r--  1 root  wheel   1080 Feb 22 05:43 utmp
 -rw-rw-r--  1 root  wheel   1024 Feb 22 05:43 utmpx
 
 nothing has changed.
 it still doesn't work for console logins.
 utmp entries ARE made for ssh logins though.
 and reboots/shutdowns.
 
 /var/log/messages contains no entries
 after logins.  i don't see anything
 in /var/log that relates to the problem.