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"who" should support wtmpdb

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Message #84 received at 73928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Bruno Haible <bruno <at> clisp.org>
To: Arsen Arsenović <arsen <at> aarsen.me>,
 Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: bug-gnulib <at> gnu.org, 1080330 <at> bugs.debian.org,
 Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk <at> suse.com>, Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha <at> debian.org>,
 Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>, Michael Stone <mstone <at> debian.org>,
 73928 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73928: Bug#1080330: coreutils: who no longer works
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:20:11 +0100

Arsen Arsenović wrote:
> Sure, but one cannot name two users on a Unix system 'gdm', and there is
> a passwd entry for 'gdm', so that scenario is impossible (save for
> administrative errors):
> 
>   arsen <at> fedora:~$ grep gdm /etc/passwd
>   gdm:x:42:42:GNOME Display Manager:/var/lib/gdm:/usr/sbin/nologin
>   arsen <at> fedora:~$ useradd gdm
>   useradd: user 'gdm' already exists
> 
> Presumably Giovanni might pick 'giovannidm' or 'gdmicheli' or such
> instead.

OK. I withdraw my assessment that who's output was misleading. Paul,
do you still have a problem with this?

   $ ./who-with-systemd
   gdm      seat0        2025-02-13 18:04
   gdm      tty1         2025-02-13 18:04
   eggert   sshd pts/3   2025-02-16 22:56 (47.147.225.25)

Bruno

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