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xdm(8) should not create a utmp record, because there is no assigned
terminal. Letting it create one will result in errors, such as #fin#
ger: cannot stat /dev/machine.dom#. It should create wtmp entries,
though, just like ftpd(8) does.
IIRC we _did_ have some breakage when xdm started adding utmp records, but
that was long ago, and all fixed by now, and it does create utmp records now.
So this paragraph is out of date.
Note that the utmp struct from libc5 has changed in libc6. Because of
this, binaries using the old libc5 struct will corrupt /var/run/utmp
and/or /var/log/wtmp. Debian systems include a patched libc5 which
uses the new utmp format. The problem still exists with wtmp since
it’s accessed directly in libc5.
Of course, Debian systems no longer contain a libc5 as of etch.
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