Re: pppd not logging user into utmp/wtmp

[Roland Gerlach <roland@edipost.auspost.com.au>]

Jeff Hill <jhill@hronline.com> writes:

> Listing users logged in was working with the 'who' and 'last'
> commands, but quit when I re-installed pppd/ppp-pam using the
> same configuration files I previously had. 

Like you, I enjoyed being able to use who and last to determine who
was using the ppp lines.

A long time ago, I suffered the same problem that you described.  I
searched the web and eventually found something which indicated that
ppp-pam was the problem.  I removed ppp-pam and the users were
correctly listed with who and last.

I've done a search now and found:
http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=23784
http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=25311

I guess the problem is still not fixed.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Roland.
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