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Re: su -l does not update last or lastlogin data



In article <Pine.NEB.4.64.1211211035560.7115%screamer.whooppee.com@localhost>,
Paul Goyette  <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> wrote:
>Not sure if this is a bug or feature, but I've noticed that 'su -l' 
>doesn't seem to update the appropriate databases.  Based on the man page 
>which says "simulates full login" I would expect it to be updated.
>
>So, is this a bug?
>
>Or is it working as designed?   And should the man page be updated 
>accordingly?

I don't think that any version of su modifie{d,s} utmp or wtmp or it should...

christos



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