[Bug 2084854] Re: last and lastb missing in 24.10

[Fedon Kadifeli]

Although there are workarounds for the commands `last` (by using
`wtmpdb`) and `lastlog` (by using `lastlog2`), there is no solution for
finding *bad logins* (like using the old `lastb` command).

See: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1533129/what-happened-to-lastb-
command-in-ubuntu-24-10

Also a question: Currently it seems that the files `/var/log/wtmp` and
`/var/log/btmp` *are* updated; what are the future plans for these
files? Note that `wtmpdb` uses the new `/var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmpdb.db`
database and `lastlog2` uses the new `/var/lib/lastlog/lastlog2.db`
database.

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Title:
  last and lastb missing in 24.10

Status in util-linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The last and lastb commands have disappeared from util-linux at 24.10!

  This is odd, as the binaries from 24.04 actually run on 24.10, so the
  data is clearly still being collected and in the same format.

  Ubuntu: 24.10 (Oracular Oriole).

  Package: util-linux
  Version: 2.40.2-1ubuntu1

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