Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 11:15:56 +0100 From: Cillian Sharkey <cillian@baker.ie> To: "Andy V. Oleynik" <andyo@prime.net.ua> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FS <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: wtmp/utmp format distortion again Message-ID: <37C6655C.28948863@baker.ie> References: <37C666E9.162AC443@prime.net.ua>
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> Having upgraded 2.2.7-R box to 3.2-S recently I've faced > wtmp/utmp problem causing w/last/who utils to not work > properly. Zeroing wtmp/utmp/lastlog doesnt help. Every > time wtmp/utmp is updated there are recorded 36-bytes > records which should be (I beleave) 44-bytes long. Upgrade > went w/o seriouse trouble. Is it only way to fix the situation > to remake world? You shouldn't have to remake world..usually the culprits are any 2.2.x binaries that are still being used on the system and which write entries into wtmp/utmp..ssh has been the culprit before, just recompile any of the old binaries again.. Cillian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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