maverick: utmp/last is logging every xterm

[Tom H]

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Adam Funk <a24061 at ducksburg.com> wrote:
> On 2011-01-27, C de-Avillez wrote:
>>
>> Consider the case where xterm is actually run "remotely" -- this, by
>> itself, could be a good reason to write an entry on utmp.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean, but I have a fairly traditional (ssh)
> approach to remote use.
>
> I open an xterm on desktop.example.com, ssh into server.example.com,
> and the `last` command on server shows the remote login, even with
> `xterm -ut` on desktop.  I guess I could launch more xterms on server
> over X (to appear on desktop), but it's easier just to open more
> xterms on desktop and use a shared ssh connection to log into server.

I understood it as running xterm on a remote box.