On Feb 23,  5:00am, i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk (i18rabbit@cwazy.co.uk) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: bin/32903: utmp remains empty

| 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.

They need to be group utmp.

christos