Bug#303392: kdm: records each login twice in utmp/wtmp
> > Each time a user logs in via kdm, the event is recorded twice in utmp
> > and wtmp.
>
> This is a known problem, and the fix was included in the most recent upload
> (today's, though you can't have been expected to know that). Since the bug
> only ever existed in the alioth packages, I'm closing this report.
I just installed version 4:3.4.0-pre3 and restarted kdm, and the problem
persists:
$ w
08:48:14 up 2 days, 21:04, 5 users, load average: 0.04, 0.43, 0.58
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE JCPU PCPU WHAT
andrex pcp04399 pcp04399769pcs.n 08:41 0.00s 0.00s
0.03s /bin/sh /usr/bin/x-se
andrex pcp04399 pcp04399769pcs.n 08:41 0.00s 0.00s
0.03s /bin/sh /usr/bin/x-se
$ last | head -2
andrex pcp04399769p pcp04399769pcs.n Thu Apr 7 08:41 still logged in
andrex pcp04399769p pcp04399769pcs.n Thu Apr 7 08:41 still logged in
I'm only logged in once, but utmp shows me logged in twice.
Andrew.
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