Debian bug report logs - #1616 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1616: 'who' can't find utmp Reply-To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 14:18:02 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 09 Oct 1995 14:18:02 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 09 Oct 1995 14:11:42 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2Itg-000BFtC; Mon, 9 Oct 95 07:09 PDT Received: from sgk.tiac.net by pixar.com with SMTP id AA13196 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 07:09:15 -0700 Received: from sgk.tiac.net (sgk@sgk.tiac.net [127.0.0.1]) by sgk.tiac.net (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id KAA03188 for ; Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:11:07 -0400 Message-Id: <199510091411.KAA03188@sgk.tiac.net> To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 10:11:07 -0400 From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" Package: shellutils Version: 1.12-3 --------- This is an addition to a bug report #1164 stating that who --help incorrectly references /etc/[w|u]tmp. --------- 1. The man page for 'who' also says it uses /etc/utmp by default; this is incorrect and needs to be changed. 2. 'who' may have another problem (I say 'may' because I'm not sure it isn't pilot error): When installing inn on my system a while ago, it seemed wise to make a separate partition for /var. Most things seemed to go OK. But when I run 'who' now, I get the message: who: /var/adm/utmp: No such file or directory That's true. utmp is certainly not in /var/adm. It is in /var/run, which is exactly where the man pages for login and init say it ought to be. --------- Suggestion: It may be that the file defaults need to be fixed in 3 places: a) the help message for 'who' b) the man page for 'who' c) the executable for 'who' -------- I'm using dpkg-1.0.1-0 and kernel image 1.2.13-3 Best Regards, Susan Kleinmann ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: sgk@sgk.tiac.net Subject: Bug#1616: Acknowledgement (was: 'who' can't find utmp) In-Reply-To: <199510091411.KAA03188@sgk.tiac.net> References: <199510091411.KAA03188@sgk.tiac.net> Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1616: who' can't find utmp Reply-To: and1000@cam.ac.uk, debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Austin Donnelly Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1995 23:18:01 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: shellutils X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 09 Oct 1995 23:18:01 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 09 Oct 1995 23:15:33 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0t2ROw-00064oC; Mon, 9 Oct 95 16:14 PDT Received: from black.csi.cam.ac.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA21087 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Mon, 9 Oct 1995 16:14:05 -0700 Received: from blue.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.34] (ident = root) by black.csi.cam.ac.uk with smtp (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t2ROs-000CC7C; Tue, 10 Oct 95 00:14 BST Received: by blue.csi.cam.ac.uk (Smail-3.1.29.0 #36) id m0t2ROs-0003vcC; Tue, 10 Oct 95 00:14 BST Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 00:14:26 +0100 (BST) From: Austin Donnelly X-Sender: and1000@blue.csi.cam.ac.uk To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII A recompile with libc-4.6.26-6 or later is all that's required - the path to utmp is taken from /usr/include/paths.h Austin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: and1000@cam.ac.uk Subject: Bug#1616: Info received (was Bug#1616: 'who' can't find utmp) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1616" or "Re: Bug#1616" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov