Bug#67118: base system does not contain /var/log/btmp

[Laurent Bonnaud <Laurent.Bonnaud@inpg.fr>]

>>>>> "Wichert" == Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> writes:
Wichert> 
Wichert> Actually I vaguely remember some documentation stating that
Wichert> it's probably a bad idea to have a btmp file. It would
Wichert> certainly be a place where password would be logged plaintest
Wichert> if a users enters a password instead of a username by
Wichert> accident.

I did some tests with telnet, and btmp seems to log only valid user
names.  Other unsuccessful login attempts are listed by 'lastb' (and
stored in the file) as "UNKNOWN".

-- 
Laurent.