Bug#240279: gnome-terminal: it won't show me in the 'who' list

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 11:52:08 -0300, Bruno Lustosa wrote:
> For some reason, when I open gnome-terminal, it's not adding me to the
> 'who' list.

gnome-terminal running under your uid can't write to /var/run/utmp.

> If I launch a regular xterm, I show on the list as usual.

xterm and other terminal emulators run setgid 'utmp' so they can update the
utmp file. gnome-terminal should probably do the same.

Ray
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