Re: [RFC] Modernizing Linux authentication logs (lastlog, btmp, utmp, wtmp) with SQLite

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2026-03-13 10:59:11 -0300, Adhemerval Zanella Netto wrote:
> From the glibc standpoint my plan is just to make the accounting database
> function no-op [1] (I hopefully to get this in the next 2.44 release).
> 
> And I think Thorsten Kukuk already adapted most of the usages in current
> distros [2][3] using similar strategy, along with a better systemd
> integration.  I am not sure if/when distros are incorporating his work.
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=37271
> [2] https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/Y2038_glibc_lastlog_64bit/
> [3] https://www.thkukuk.de/blog/Y2038_glibc_utmp_64bit/

FYI, utmp has been reintroduced in Debian for libutempter (and thus
applications that use this library), because systemd was not working
or at least not sufficiently documented:

  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1125682

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