Re: Bug#1111973: release-notes: Release notes suggest to delete /var/log/lastlog*, which seems required by opensshd

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