svn commit: r229817 - stable/9/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes

Ed Schouten ed at 80386.nl
Sun Jan 8 22:34:40 UTC 2012


Hello Hiroki,

* Hiroki Sato <hrs at FreeBSD.org>, 20120108 18:40:
> +      <para revision="218847">A &man.utxrm.8; utility has been added.
> +	This allows one to remove an entry from the
> +	<filename>utmpx</filename> database by hand. This is useful
> +	when a login daemon crashes or fails to remove the entry
> +	during shutdown.</para>

We shouldn't forget to document the addition of utmpx as well.

Any comments on the following?

Index: article.sgml
===================================================================
--- article.sgml	(revision 229826)
+++ article.sgml	(working copy)
@@ -953,6 +953,13 @@
 	&amp;&amp; and || around an arithmetic expression has been
 	fixed.</para>
 
+      <para revision="202188">The &man.utmp.5; user accounting database
+	has been replaced by &man.utmpx.3;. User accounting utilities
+	will now use <filename>utmpx</filename> database files
+	exclusively. The &man.wtmpcvt.1; utility can be used to convert
+	<filename>wtmp</filename> files to the new format, making it
+	possible to read them using the updated utilities.</para>
+
       <para revision="218847">A &man.utxrm.8; utility has been added.
 	This allows one to remove an entry from the
 	<filename>utmpx</filename> database by hand. This is useful

-- 
 Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/
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