X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 13:28:51 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with login command Message-ID: <20051222122851.GE32312@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Dec 21 22:23, Mike Dieter wrote: > I think that the login command might be overwriteing fields in the > wtmp and utmp files. > Now that we are using a longer word in the line filed of console I > noticed that the last > two letters le were showing up in the id field that follows it. Your space key bounces. The two letters "le" show up by design. Have a look into /usr/include/sys/utmp.h and /usr/include/cygwin/utmp.h for the layout of the utmp structure. The ut_id field is generated by some arbitrary algorithm, in case of login(1) it's the abbreviated tty name. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/