Very Computer

After some trial and error, I figured out a way to log remote X
terminal sessions to utmp.  I am using KDM, but it should be the same
for XDM.  My system is Redhat 7.1

First, I edited
/etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config  and added the following lines.  I put these
at the end of the first section, before the SECURITY section.

DisplayManager*startup:    /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
DisplayManager*reset:      /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup

This will cause those files to be executed during the beginning and
end of an X session

then you need to create those files to look like

/etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
***************************
#!/bin/sh

/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -a -l $DISPLAY -x /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers $USER

/etc/X11/xdm/Xreset
****************************
#!/bin/sh

/usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg -d -l $DISPLAY -x /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers $USER

next, make sure that those two files are executable
chmod 755 /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset
chmod 755 /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup

finally, set the sessreg program setuid root
WARNING! : this does have some security implications, make sure you
understand them and accept the risks before doing this.

chmod u+s /usr/X11R6/bin/sessreg

next restart kdm (or xdm if that's what you are using).  I think this
is different for GDM, but I don't use that so I'm not sure.  You can
simply reboot if you aren't sure how to restart kdm.

HTH,
Derek

One small correction in my earlier post.  Replace the following:

Quote:> DisplayManager*startup:    /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
> DisplayManager*reset:      /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup

DisplayManager*startup     /etc/X11/xdm/Xstartup
DisplayManager*reste       /etc/X11/xdm/Xreset

Thanks,
Derek