On Wed, Nov 08, 2023 at 09:59:11AM +0000, Thorsten Kukuk wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, Alejandro Colomar wrote: > > > strncpy(3) is useful to write to fixed-width buffers like `struct utmp` > > and `struct utmpx`. Is there any other libc API that needs strncpy(3)? > > Of those two APIs (utmp and utmpx) and any other that need strncpy(3), > > are those deprecated, or is any such API still good for new code? > Hi Thorsten! > Everything around utmp/utmpx/wtmp/lastlog is deprecated. Is this a Linux-specific thing? Do you know if the BSDs also deprecated utmpx? Thanks, Alex > > openSUSE Tumbleweed and MicroOS are no longer using nor supporting them > and fresh installations don't have that files anymore. > So new code should not use utmp/utmp/wtmp/lastlog anymore. Alternatives > are e.g. systemd-logind/wtmpdb/lastlog2. -- <https://www.alejandro-colomar.es/>
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