Re: /etc/X11/Xresources (xbase-3.1.2-5)
On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Stephen Early wrote:
> Logging into wtmp is controlled by the loginShell resource (-ls command
> line option), which also controls whether the shell that is started is a
> login shell. I think that this should be false by default, and that the
> xterm started in the Xsession script should have this flag explicitly set
> to true. This prevents huge numbers of entries being made in wtmp for each
> X session, and stops /etc/profile from being run for every xterm that is
> started.
Okay, you make a good argument. I still think that utmp entries should be
created by default, though.
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