Re: [RFC] Modernizing Linux authentication logs (lastlog, btmp, utmp, wtmp) with SQLite
From: Florian Weimer
Date: Fri Mar 13 2026 - 15:18:58 EST
* Roman Bakshansky:
> The full RFC, including preliminary database schemas and API drafts,
> is available in the discussion repository:
>
> https://github.com/bakshansky/linux-auth-logs
I don't understand how SQLite (without a daemon) addresses the locking
issue. WAL mode still uses fcntl locking.