utmp update for bsd systems (try 2)

[Michael Shalayeff]

Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from David Lee:
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Michael Shalayeff wrote:
> 
> > re
> > i have posted this before but received no response...
> > is there anybod reading on this address?
> > cu
> >
> > ----- Forwarded message (env-from mickey) -----
> >
> > re
> > this is a patch against samba-2.2.12p0 and adds support
> > for updating utmp on bsds. code similarly ripped from
> > openbsd's ftpd (;
> > cu
> > [...]
> 
> (Replying as original author of Samba's utmp code, but now long away from 
> active Samba participation.)
> 
> Thanks for looking at utmp-for-BSD.  Whilst there might not be many takers 
> for this combination (judging by fact it has been lacking for so long!), 
> it would still be a worthwhile addition to slot into the utmp code.  As 
> you'll have spotted, I tried to identify the likely issues in the code as 
> comments, and to leave hooks for someone like you for to use later.
> 
> 
> As John T. mentioned in his reply, Samba 2.2 is no longer actively 
> maintained.

of course. i've heard that.

> But I would warmly encourage you to try to re-cast, and test, your patch 
> onto a reasonably recent 3.0.x version.  Even if the patch doesn't drop in 
> cleanly first time, I suspect the changes would be small, as I suspect the 
> code has remained relatively unchanged for several years.
> 
> [Note: there is a currently live issue on the very latest "released then 
> retracted 3.0.14" version, so either step back a version (3.0.13) or wait 
> a couple of days until that issue is fixed.]

this function is still empty in 3.0.* and api seems to be the same.
since actual code does not use any samba's own functions i do not see
any reasons it will not work. unfortunately i run samba in production
and cannot just replace it w/ other versions that are not too stable
at the moment.

cu
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    paranoic mickey       (my employers have changed but, the name has remained)