Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] remind me...
From: Gerry.Tomlinson (Gerry.Tomlinson@newcastle.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 16 1998 - 07:55:38 EST
>
> What is the difficulty with adding utmp/wtmp logging to afpd? If it's not
> that hard then I might consider doing it.
>
I raised this with Wes a long time ago -
he said:
>
> We can put records into wtmp at the beginning of the session, after we
> know who the user is, but before we change our uid. Putting a second
> entry in when we're done is more problematic. I suppose we could keep
> the file descriptor open for the whole session, tho that is a little
> ugly.
>
I said:
> couldn't the master afpd do the second entry - in the same way that
> unix login makes the initial entry and init the second.
and he replied:
>Well, yes and know. afpd's architecture is kind of broken. The afpd
>parent never gets control again, after it asks for the first session.
>However, we could insert the code you're talking about in the asp
>library. We'd also need to make changes to auth.c for the initial
>login line, and in main.c, so that the parent would know whether the
>child actually logged in, or just closed the connection after forking.
>
>Probably doable.
Gerry
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