I was testing xterm-204 on NetBSD/i386 2.0.2.

When I opened new xterm, I got:

  utmp_update: /dev/ttyp7: Is not owned by you

I have:

  rainier:/usr/pkgsrc/x11/xterm$ tty
  /dev/ttyp7

  rainier:/usr/pkgsrc/x11/xterm$ ls -l /dev/ttyp7
  crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  5, 7 Aug 27 09:51 /dev/ttyp

I don't see this "utmp_update: /dev/ttyp7: Is not owned by you" message
when running Xorg's xterm. And it doesn't appear on DragonFly, for 
example.

I did a quick look at utmp_update(8) manpage.

Also, I read a June 2004 posting that said should add user to the 
utmp group.

I never used that utmp group before:

  rainier:/usr/pkgsrc/x11/xterm$ grep utmp /etc/group
  utmp:*:45:

Where is this documented?

  Jeremy C. Reed

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