FreeBSD 2.2.1 /PPP 2.2.0 and mgetty 1.0.0 or 1.1.5: wtmp and connection problems

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> Hi,
> 
> Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> > > 
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> > > 1. In my wtmp; whenever I give a 'last', there are always 2 entries:
> > > Now, AutoPPP stays logged in for ever, the real user gets logged out.
> > > Anyone have a clue? Is that FreeBSD behaving wildly?
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> > 
> > Programs that use utmp/wtmp need to be recompiled under FreeBSD-2.2.1
> > due to massive changes to the wtmp/utmp mechanism. Old binaries can mess up
> > /var/log/wtmp.
> 
> Ah. Thanks for that infos.
> 
> Has something on the source level changed as well, or only binary?

Some entries have changed their lengths and in consequence of this
the binary format has changed. From utmp.h:

#define UT_NAMESIZE  16 /* see MAXLOGNAME in <sys/param.h> */ 
#define UT_LINESIZE  8 
#define UT_HOSTSIZE  16
 
struct lastlog {
  time_t ll_time; 
  char ll_line[UT_LINESIZE];
  char ll_host[UT_HOSTSIZE];
}; 
 
struct utmp {
  char ut_line[UT_LINESIZE];
  char ut_name[UT_NAMESIZE];
  char ut_host[UT_HOSTSIZE];
  long ut_time;
};
 
I just tried the FreeBSD 2.2.1 port - the patches applied by the ports build
automatism don't seems to contain any utmp specific changes.
mgetty-1.0.0 compiles (at least) fine. In consequence of this the binary
format of the files has changed. There is a utility to convert old wtmp
files to the new format (cvt-wtmp).

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