Should UTMP be compiled by default now?
David Lee
t.d.lee at durham.ac.uk
Thu May 29 16:30:00 GMT 2003
On Sat, 24 May 2003 jra at dp.samba.org wrote:
> On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 08:30:53PM +1000, Andrew Bartlett wrote:
> > I was wondering - should we enable the use of utmp as a 'stable' feature
> > for Samba 3.0, given it has been in Samba 2.2 with very few complaints
> > for quite some time now.
> >
> > When compiled in, the utmp code must still be activated with a global
> > 'utmp = yes' parameter.
> >
> > What do people think?
>
> Yes I don't see any harm in this. We should monitor the compile
> problems people have during the betas though.
For info to list folk: Andrew Bartlett has just (offlist) asked me (as
original author and coordinator of the utmp code) to look at this.
I have just sketched a possible patch to implement this, and am about to
email it to Andrew to discuss (there are a couple of interactions with his
"session" code).
But I would re-iterate Jeremy's point about monitoring compile problems.
In its early days the utmp code exposed an interesting array of
dependencies on utmp-offering OSes. So while the utmp code seems to be
well tested on most of the major OSes represented here, it is possible
that there are a few OSes (that offer utmp) where buglets will emerge.
I'll try to keep an eye on the change once it enters SAMBA_3_0, and, it it
would help, am happy to try to coordinate any required subsequent fixes.
P.S. Could "--with-pam" also now be considered for "compile by default"?
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