Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd

To: Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com>, 1111973@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd
From: "Ralf G. R. Bergs" <Ralf+Debian@Bergs.biz>
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:08:29 +0200
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On 26.08.25 22:37, Richard Lewis wrote:

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025, 16:49 Ralf Bergs, <Ralf+Debian@bergs.biz> wrote:

section 5.1.9 of the release notes says /var/log/lastlog* can be
deleted, as "there is no tool to read" these files.

sshd-session[333690]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat
/var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory

Or did I somehow misunderstand anything?

is this a bug in openssh?

Hi Richard, are you asking me?

Personally, I don't think so, I believe it's probably "normal behavior" of openssh.

The problem seems to be that this was missed, and thus the release notes suggested there is no point in keeping the file around and to delete it...

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