From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 1 12:10:28 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4357615049 for ; Mon, 1 Nov 1999 12:09:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA02673; Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:09:16 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 09:09:16 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen To: Vadim Vitebsky Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/run/utmp In-Reply-To: <01be62fa$e7b075c0$0301a8c0@vadim.vhi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Vadim Vitebsky wrote: > >What is your output for: > > > >ls -lo /var/run/utmp > >and > >ls -ldo /var/run > > > >thanks, > >-Alfred > > Output for ls -lo /var/run/utmp: cr- - - -x-wT 1 789129520 1631723562 > uchg, arch, schg, sunlnk 32, 0x7830002b Feb 21 2012 /var/run/utmp This is odd. /var/run/utmp should be a file, and *not* a character device - that's why you're getting "device not configured" problems. You should be able to remove it and try a reboot. Jonathan Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message