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r3864d23 r6e11fe2 216 216 the bad login attempts.</para> 217 217 218 <note><para>The <filename>/run/utmp</filename> file records the users that 219 are currently logged in. This file is created dynamically in the boot 220 scripts.</para></note> 218 <!-- systemd no longer creates this --> 219 <note revision='sysv'><para>The <filename>/run/utmp</filename> file 220 records the users that are currently logged in. This file is created 221 dynamically in the boot scripts.</para></note> 222 223 <!-- AFAIK they are not vital for system function, users requiring such 224 info should rely on systemd-logind or elogind or some custom PAM 225 module. Maybe we can stop to create them at all. --> 226 <note> 227 <para> 228 The <phrase revision='sysv'><filename>utmp</filename>, 229 </phrase><filename>wtmp</filename>, <filename>btmp</filename>, and 230 <filename>lastlog</filename> files use 32-bit integers for timestamp 231 and they'll be fundamentally broken after year 2038. Many packages 232 have stopped using them and other packages are going to stop using 233 them. Do not rely on the contents of them for anything. 234 </para> 235 </note> 221 236 222 237 </sect1>
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