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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2019-01-06 18:11:02 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2019-01-06 18:11:02 +0000 |
| commit | 48c4cf945317e6fd397a8ec4a918461fad96265f (patch) | |
| tree | 2ffd82bdc529749fab9f9c054eec108c882d050d /doc | |
| parent | 62ca2e2698fbd0cc94b40bdc8d355a3a5d1ea239 (diff) | |
| download | utmps-0.0.2.0.tar.xz | |
version: 0.0.2.0v0.0.2.0
utmps-wtmpd bugfix
utmps-utmpd allows utmp group to write to utmp file
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/index.html | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/overview.html | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/upgrade.html | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/utmps-utmpd.html | 2 |
4 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html index d0c0ab4..be076da 100644 --- a/doc/index.html +++ b/doc/index.html @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ suitable replacement for <h3> Download </h3> <ul> - <li> The current released version of utmps is <a href="utmps-0.0.1.3.tar.gz">0.0.1.3</a>. </li> + <li> The current released version of utmps is <a href="utmps-0.0.2.0.tar.gz">0.0.2.0</a>. </li> <li> Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the <a href="//git.skarnet.org/cgi-bin/cgit.cgi/utmps/">utmps git repository</a>: diff --git a/doc/overview.html b/doc/overview.html index 6860eea..d24028a 100644 --- a/doc/overview.html +++ b/doc/overview.html @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ needs to be suid or sgid, and permissions can actually be quite fine-grained. <ul> <li> <a href="utmps-utmpd.html">utmps-utmpd</a> will allow any user to -read from the utmp database, but will only allow root to write to it. </li> +read from the utmp database, but will only allow root, or members of the +same group utmps-utmpd runs as, to write to it. </li> <li> <a href="utmps-wtmpd.html">utmps-wtmpd</a> will only allow a user to add an entry to the wtmp database if the user is root, or if the <tt>ut_user</tt> field of the added entry resolves to the user's effective diff --git a/doc/upgrade.html b/doc/upgrade.html index f6bd05f..ea33541 100644 --- a/doc/upgrade.html +++ b/doc/upgrade.html @@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ <h1> What has changed in utmps </h1> +<h2> in 0.0.2.0 </h2> + +<ul> + <li> Members of the <em>utmp</em> group (if <em>utmp</em> is the name +of the group the <a href="utmps-utmpd.html">utmps-utmpd</a> daemon runs as) +can now use <tt>pututxline()</tt> to write to the utmp database. </li> +</ul> + <h2> in 0.0.1.3 </h2> <ul> diff --git a/doc/utmps-utmpd.html b/doc/utmps-utmpd.html index 78ca490..2bee9ad 100644 --- a/doc/utmps-utmpd.html +++ b/doc/utmps-utmpd.html @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for every client connection; every instance reads the effective uid of the client in an environment variable set by the superserver, which allows it to filter operations - for instance, it allows any user to read from the database but it only -allows root to write to it. +allows root, and members of the group utmps-utmpd runs as, to write to it. </p> <p> |