> > 4. the end of root's session, and another check: > > januz pts/0 me Fri Mar 1 20:27 still logged in > > root pts/0 localhost Fri Mar 1 20:26 - 20:27 (00:00) > > januz pts/0 me Fri Mar 1 20:26 - 20:26 (00:00) > > reboot system boot 2.2.19 Fri Mar 1 20:24 (00:03) > > > > This time it reports my ,,come back'' from machime ,,me''. > > Well, while this "su -" behavior is a little unusual, I don't see > anything obviously wrong with it. What behavior would you prefer? > Not logging the su sessions into wtmp at all (which I believe is the > case for most other implementations)? > I'd prefer not logging these at all, or with some indication that it was a su session. Having information that root logged on from _localhost_ is a bit confusing, even though I can see it was on pty/0, not a tty. So is the information about my "second" login. But of course I'm not saying that my point of view is the best one. Janusz
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