[OmniOS-discuss] New in r151018 -- lastlog changes

[Dan McDonald]

There are two illumos bugs:  6057 & 6594.  The first was pushed upstream, but then backed out.  The second bug fixes one of the big reasons the first got backed out.  The problem is, there are always 3rd-party apps.

These changes affect the way lastlog, and pam_open_session are implemented.  With OmniOS-built packages (ones from the "omnios" publisher), we've recompiled things to use the new lastlog.  It's just a recompilation.  The problem is, potentially lots of older software that {,mis-}uses pam_open_session(), and that older software will break if run stock on r151018.

I'm curious if adopters of r151018 are noticing anything weird about their software that uses pam_open_session().  In particular, look for surprise printings (or double-printings) of "Last login at" messages.

I'm asking because there's some resistance to allowing these to go upstream into illumos-gate, and I want to know how broken the world is from r151018 users' POV, because it already has these fixes in place.

Thanks,
Dan