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Subject: Re: wtmp/utmp format distortion again
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> Having upgraded 2.2.7-R box to 3.2-S recently I've faced
> wtmp/utmp problem causing w/last/who utils to not work
> properly. Zeroing wtmp/utmp/lastlog doesnt help. Every
> time wtmp/utmp is updated there are recorded 36-bytes
> records which should be (I beleave) 44-bytes long. Upgrade
> went w/o seriouse trouble. Is it only way to fix the situation
> to remake world?

You shouldn't have to remake world..usually the culprits are any
2.2.x binaries that are still being used on the system and which
write entries into wtmp/utmp..ssh has been the culprit before,
just recompile any of the old binaries again..

Cillian


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