ami-4438b474 lacks /var/log/{btmp,wtmp,lastlog}

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

This is both in 11.10 and 12.04:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-on-ec2/vmbuilder/automated-ec2-builds/view/head:/live-config/common/hooks/099-cleanup.chroot

I've confirmed that 11.04 has it.

This regression is from the live-builder switch over. The next daily should have this enabled. I'm marking this as fix-committed pending the next release of the images.

Also, as a work around you can run:
   touch /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}

Confirmed that the latest dailies have this fixed. I expect that the next release of the cloud images will 12.04.1.

ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-10-2D-E4:~$ ls /var/log/{btmp,wtmp,lastlog}
/var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog /var/log/wtmp
ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-10-2D-E4:~$ last
ubuntu pts/0 53.236.sfcn.org Mon Jul 2 14:16 still logged in
reboot system boot 3.2.0-26-virtual Mon Jul 2 14:14 - 14:19 (00:05)

wtmp begins Mon Jul 2 14:14:38 2012
ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-10-2D-E4:~$ lastlog
Username Port From Latest
root **Never logged in**
daemon **Never logged in**
bin **Never logged in**
sys **Never logged in**
sync **Never logged in**
games **Never logged in**
man **Never logged in**
lp **Never logged in**
mail **Never logged in**
news **Never logged in**
uucp **Never logged in**
proxy **Never logged in**
www-data **Never logged in**
backup **Never logged in**
list **Never logged in**
irc **Never logged in**
gnats **Never logged in**
nobody **Never logged in**
libuuid **Never logged in**
syslog **Never logged in**
messagebus **Never logged in**
whoopsie **Never logged in**
landscape **Never logged in**
sshd **Never logged in**
ubuntu pts/0 53.236.sfcn.org Mon Jul 2 14:16:56 +0000 2012
ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-10-2D-E4:~$ who
ubuntu pts/0 2012-07-02 14:16 (REDACTED)

Did this regress?
$ last
last: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory
Perhaps this file was removed by the operator to prevent logging last info.
$ cat /etc/cloud/build.info
build_name: server
serial: 20121002

Yes, this regressed. I fixed the regression by adding a whitelist of files that are not removed.

Unfortantely, this bug exists in the latest released of Precise Cloud Images.

This appears to have been fixed in the 18 December images.

These files were missing in a 12.04.2 image I brought up a few days ago (probably 1/31) : AMI: ubuntu/images/ebs/ubuntu-precise-12.04-amd64-server-20121001 (ami-3d4ff254) .

re: Comment #8 : this was fixed in the images, so any image that with a serial after 2012-10-03 will not work. Please check /etc/cloud/build.info to get the serial.

There is functionally no way to go back and fix the older images. Please use an updated image.