SUMMARY : wtmp stopped?

From: Amol Karnik (amol@memcad.com)
Date: Mon Jun 15 1998 - 09:56:20 CDT


hi all,
 
my original question :
 
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> am referring to the lastlog on an Ultra2 running Solaris2.5.1 with Feb
> 98 recommended patches.
>
> the machine seems to have stopped recording logins in the 'last' log.
> can anyone please > give me pointers on what i can check to figure out the
> cause of this?
>
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 the problem seems to have been a corrupt /var/adm/wtmpx file.
 dont know what made it corrupt, but creating a new wtmpx file seems to
 have solved the problem!
 
 i simply did this :
 
 cp /var/adm/wtmpx /var/adm/wtmpx.1
 cat /dev/null > /var/adm/wtmpx
 
 thanks to the following ppl for their prompt responses!
 Tim Carlson <tim@santafe.edu>
 Anthony.Worrall@reading.ac.uk
 Alex de la Salle <adelasalle@hotmail.com
 
 thanks!
 
 - amol
 

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Amol Karnik
Senior Development Engineer amol@memcad.com
Microcosm Technologies, Inc. (617) 225-0094 x248
215 First St., Suite #2D (617) 621-7838 FAX
Cambridge MA, 02142 http://www.memcad.com
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