Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 09:52:50 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Corrupted wtmp file Message-ID: <20011201095250.A4916@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20011130081730.A14619@raggedclown.net>; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:17:30AM %2B0100 References: <20011130081730.A14619@raggedclown.net>
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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 08:17:30AM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > Hello, > My wtmp file keeps getting corrupted into nonsense, > very similar nonsense each time. > Suggestions ? Some root level program you're running that writes to wtmp has not been updated to the FreeBSD-4.x format (which is slightly different from the 3.x series). It'd be likely to be some 3rd party stuff you've got installed like screen(1). The easiest way to fix them would be to recompile it from ports. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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