mgetty does not report the correct utmp entry after ppp upgrade???

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Well I found the FAQ (which is not listed in any of the mgetty docs) about
10 min. after posting.  Interesting thing, it's pppd's fault and pppd
needs a patch to work with mgetty, but no patch is around or available????

-avery


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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 10:37:26PM +0000, Avery wrote:
> > After upgrading from ppp 2.2 to 2.3.4 mgetty no longer puts the correct user 
> > name in the utmp file.  
> 
> Interesting conclusion:
> 
>   - you changed ppp
>   - you didn't change mgetty
>   - something doesn't work anymore
>   - it's mgetty's fault ("mgetty no longer...")
> 
> What shall I say (besides "klickediklick")?
> 
> gert
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