Bug#1072184: openssh-server: Please stop writing /var/log/btmp

[Chris Hofstaedtler <zeha@debian.org>]

Hi Colin,

On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 06:49:56PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 12:23:32AM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > util-linux 2.40.1-3 will, as part of moving last to src:wtmpdb, also
> > stop installing lastb(1).
> 
> This has happened.
> 
> > Please disable writing /var/log/btmp.
> 
> Apparently this is USE_BTMP, set by configure.ac for linux (and
> hurd?) targets.

Did you by chance find some time to investigate disabling USE_BTMP?

If sshd continues writing the btmp file, well, there's no way of
reading it.

Thanks,
Chris