Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:54:37 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: lamont@abstractsoft.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.X last? Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9910130945570.8628-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9910121333500.93098-100000@itchy.serv.net>
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Sean T. Lamont .lost. wrote:
> 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.
>
Odd. The wtmp format underwent a change on transition from
2.2.x to 3.x. It works fine on the 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 machines
here. Are you sure you're running the correct/latest last(1)?
Also, any old programs that modify wtmp will also need to recompiled
and reinstalled (eg: screen), so that they `know' about the
wtmp changes.
Are you running any 2.2 a.out stuff on your machine?
Jonathan Chen
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