Feature request (Re: SSH and forced wtmp entries ...)

[Andrew Bartlett]

Markus Friedl wrote:
> 
> On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 08:05:22AM +0200, Randolf Skerka wrote:
> > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 02:04:23PM +0200, Markus Friedl wrote:
> > > use loglevel=verbose if you care.
> >
> > I'm getting a bit pissed right now. What's the problem logging login/logouts
> > via wtmp? I don't see an argument other than "Use authlog" and "It's like rsh
> > behaves", nobody says "It's to difficult to implement!", so why don't stop
> > discussing and implementing it?
> >
> > I think we discussed why it's good to have it in wtmp.
> 
> no.
> 
> i don't like the idea of having every cronjob-scp, every
> sftp transfer in lastlog.

Nobody said it had to be the default.  Thats what run-time config
options are for.

> 
> i don't like to have 1000 methods in openssh for logging
> logins.

Its one method, allowing the easy correlation of logins to logouts,
remote hosts and usernames.  Its not ideal, but its one of the best
overall methods I have seen.  It has the particular advantage that it
interacts correctly with existing tools, without alteration.

-- 
Andrew Bartlett
abartlet at pcug.org.au