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Subject: Re: wtmp
In-Reply-To: <199612130659.IAA04156@grackle.grondar.za> from Mark Murray at "Dec 13, 96 08:59:21 am"
To: mark@grondar.za (Mark Murray)
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 08:31:41 +0100 (MET)
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> Christoph Kukulies wrote:
> > 
> > I'm aware that some commands (last, w) were broken due to the wtmp
> > changes recently but what is the way to handle this correctly on
> > an updated machine?
> > 
> > I deleted /var/log/wtmp and did a touch /var/log/wtmp. I still get
> > 
> > # w
> >  7:09AM  up 48 days, 12:07, 3 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>               ^^^^^^^
> Build a new kernel and reboot.

Ack. It was too early this morning that I sat at the computer.

> 
> > This is on a yesterday's -current machine.
> 
> Not the kernel!
> 
> M
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--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de