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

[Fedon Kadifeli]

I had a script that tried to determine the failed login attempts for the
last 5 min (+5 sec) like this:


# diff <(sudo lastb -Fw -t $(date -d "305 sec ago" +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)) <(sudo lastb -Fw) | grep "^>"


Now, I am using the following alternative (which does not require `root` user):

$ journalctl --since "305 sec ago" /*bin/sshd /*bin/login --grep
"(FAILED|Invalid user)" 2>/dev/null

Any suggestions or improvements are welcome.

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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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