Re: xfree4 vs. gdm: sessreg?

[Boris Erdmann <boris@erdmann.cx>]

Chip Salzenberg wrote:

> First, THANK YOU for the Xfree4 packages.  I upgraded just a half hour ago and
> everything is working great.
>
> Second, there's a small incompatibility between "*-0phase2v4" and gdm.
> In /etc/gdm/PreSession/Default I find:
>
>   /usr/bin/X11/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -l $DISPLAY $USER
>
> Unfortunately, there is no "sessreg" program in the Xfree4 packages.
> This prevented gdm from logging in until I commented out the call to
> sessreg.  Anything involving session management could have security
> issues, so I figured it was important enough to report.

It used to be in the xbase-clients package.
Now it is in the xutils package. Dont know
wy and why xdm doesnt depend on that (gdm
cant so far of course)

Boris