From 48c4cf945317e6fd397a8ec4a918461fad96265f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laurent Bercot
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 18:11:02 +0000
Subject: version: 0.0.2.0
utmps-wtmpd bugfix
utmps-utmpd allows utmp group to write to utmp file
---
doc/index.html | 2 +-
doc/overview.html | 3 ++-
doc/upgrade.html | 8 ++++++++
doc/utmps-utmpd.html | 2 +-
4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
(limited to 'doc')
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
Download
- - The current released version of utmps is 0.0.1.3.
+ - The current released version of utmps is 0.0.2.0.
- Alternatively, you can checkout a copy of the
utmps
git repository:
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.
- utmps-utmpd will allow any user to
-read from the utmp database, but will only allow root to write to it.
+read from the utmp database, but will only allow root, or members of the
+same group utmps-utmpd runs as, to write to it.
- utmps-wtmpd will only allow a user
to add an entry to the wtmp database if the user is root, or if the
ut_user 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 @@
What has changed in utmps
+ in 0.0.2.0
+
+
+ - Members of the utmp group (if utmp is the name
+of the group the utmps-utmpd daemon runs as)
+can now use pututxline() to write to the utmp database.
+
+
in 0.0.1.3
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.
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