utmpx/wtmpx garbled >from< entries in DB while using last or who

From: Donovan, Chris (Chris.Donovan@team.telstra.com)
Date: Wed Oct 20 2004 - 07:27:47 EDT


Hello,

        I have narrowed down an issue that I think is related to the ssh packages or
at least a patch for them. I am running the patch cluster from Aug/30/04.
Below is a paste of the output from the `last` and `who /var/adm/wtmpx`
commands. Also depending on the client I use to connect depends on whether or
not that output splits 2 lines per entry. Cygwin's ssh(openssh?) does not
split the line but Putty and Sun's ssh do. It may not matter though. I have
also verified that such things as telnet and ftp were not affected. As you
can see from below they are not. I have edited the `who /var/adm/wtmpx`
output to save anonymity.

Can anyone shed some light on this or does look like a bug? I searched
sunsolve through my contract number(login) and still came up empty handed. I
would appreciate any insight into this strange "feature". I am more than
happy to send out some pkginfo as well as a showrev if need be.

+++last
etmp pts/2 FED-107a.devtest Wed Oct 20 21:10 - 21:10 (00:00)
etmp pts/2 localhost Wed Oct 20 21:09 - 21:09 (00:00)
etmp pts/2 
                        f Wed Oct 20 21:07 - 21:07 (00:00)
etmp pts/2  f Wed Oct 20 21:06 - 21:06
(00:00)
etmp pts/2 Wed Oct 20 21:06 - 21:06 (00:00)
etmp ftp localhost Wed Oct 20 21:05 - 21:05 (00:00)
etmp pts/2 
                        f Wed Oct 20 21:02 - 21:02 (00:00)
root ftp localhost Wed Oct 20 21:01 - 21:01 (00:00)
root pts/1 
                        f Wed Oct 20 20:46 still logged in

+++who /var/adm/wtmpx
root pts/1 Oct 20 20:46 (
                                          f)
root ftp441 Oct 20 21:01 (localhost)
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:02 (
                                          f)
etmp ftp467 Oct 20 21:05 (localhost)
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:06
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:06 ( f)
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:07 (
                                          f)
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:09 (localhost)
etmp pts/2 Oct 20 21:10 (FED-107a....)

Chris Donovan
Sydney NSW 2000
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