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Date:      Tue, 12 Oct 1999 13:34:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Sean T. Lamont   .lost." <zeno@itchy.serv.net>
To:        Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.X last?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.02.9910121333500.93098-100000@itchy.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9910130920360.8628-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz>

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On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Jonathan Chen wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Sean T. Lamont   .lost. wrote:
> 
> > 
> > It seems that the wtmp format has changed as of 3.0 but that the
> > 'last' program hasn't. As a result, it's largely useless.
> > 
> > Has anyone fixed this problem, or is it up to me?
> 
> Zap /var/log/wtmp. ie:
> 
> 	cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp
> 
> It'll work from then on.

Actually, it didn't.

Sean T. Lamont, CTO / Chief NetNerd, Abstract Software, Inc. (ServNet)  
Seattle - Bellingham - Vancouver - Portland - Everett - Tacoma - Bremerton
email: lamont@abstractsoft.com              WWW:  http://www.serv.net
"...There's no moral, it's just a lot of stuff that happens". - H. Simpson



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