Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:10:17 -0500 From: Brian Dean <bsd@bsdhome.com> To: Jim Pirzyk <Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rotation of lastlog Message-ID: <20011102131017.A42366@neutrino.bsdhome.com> In-Reply-To: <3BE2C780.7BCA0B21@disney.com>; from Jim.Pirzyk@disney.com on Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:19:12AM -0800 References: <20011102110942.A41614@neutrino.bsdhome.com> <3BE2C780.7BCA0B21@disney.com>
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On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 08:19:12AM -0800, Jim Pirzyk wrote: > As I understood it, lastlog never really grew in size because > there is only 1 entry for each user on your system, and when > the logged in, that entry was updated. This seems to be case. Thus, rotating it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, in general. Thanks for the clarification on how this file is used, I won't pursue adding it to newsyslog.conf. -Brian -- Brian Dean bsd@FreeBSD.org bsd@bsdhome.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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