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.