Re: [RFC] Modernizing Linux authentication logs (lastlog, btmp, utmp, wtmp) with SQLite

Florian Weimer <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:51:31 +0100
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.audit,org.kernel.vger.linux-api,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
* Roman Bakshansky:

> The full RFC, including preliminary database schemas and API drafts,
> is available in the discussion repository:
>
>      https://github.com/bakshansky/linux-auth-logs

I don't understand how SQLite (without a daemon) addresses the locking
issue.  WAL mode still uses fcntl locking.