[Bug 1627] New: sessreg: uninitialized fields in the logged utmp
structure
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Summary: sessreg: uninitialized fields in the logged utmp
structure
Product: xorg
Version: 6.8.1
Platform: PC
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: App/xdm
AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
ReportedBy: egmont at uhulinux.hu
root:~# utmpdump /var/run/utmp | grep :0
Utmp dump of /var/run/utmp
root:~# sessreg -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -a -l :0 egmont
root:~# utmpdump /var/run/utmp | grep :0
Utmp dump of /var/run/utmp
[7] [03093] [:0 ] [egmont ] [:0 ] [ ] [48.251.252.
183 ] [Wed Oct 13 22:51:53 2004 ]
That 48.251.252.183 has nothing to do with my IP address. It's just some random
garbage logged since sessreg only initializes fields in the utmp structure it
knows about, and leaves random noise in other fields.
Patch follows.
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