Date: Wed, 13 Oct 1999 09:21:42 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz> To: "Sean T. Lamont .lost." <zeno@serv.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.X last? Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9910130920360.8628-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <199910121954.MAA92994@itchy.serv.net>
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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.
Jonathan Chen
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