Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd
Chris Hofstaedtler <[email protected]> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:29:01 +0200
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Control: reassign -1 openssh-server On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 03:05:43PM +0000, Ralf Bergs wrote: > section 5.1.9 of the release notes says /var/log/lastlog* can be > deleted, as "there is no tool to read" these files. > > While this may be true, this file seems still required by opensshd. > After I had deleted the above files, I got the following errors in > syslog: > > sshd-session[333690]: lastlog_openseek: Couldn't stat > /var/log/lastlog: No such file or directory This should be fixed in openssh, probably. #1108375 is related. Chris