Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:51:34 -0400 From: "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: wtmp is HUGE Message-ID: <20010605175134.Q24480@storm.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106050915320.76346-100000@ren.sasknow.com>; from ryan@sasknow.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:23:36AM -0600 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106050915320.76346-100000@ren.sasknow.com>
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On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:23:36AM -0600, Ryan Thompson wrote:
>=20
> I'll worry about fixing the automated process... Can somebody tell me how
> to purge these entries out of wtmp (by username)? Or do I have to nuke the
> whole month of June to date?
Can you just rotate the file? I have cronjobs running that rotate
/var/log/wtmp every month.=20
Mike
--=20
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>=20
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