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