Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 20:32:45 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include utmp.h Message-ID: <199612071932.UAA22067@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.961207211805.1064B-100000@nagual.ru> from "[?KOI8-R?]" at "Dec 7, 96 09:19:23 pm"
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As [?KOI8-R?] wrote: > > Personally, I'm in favour of a migratory program even if only for wtmp > > conversion since some of us use the accumulated data for customer > > accounting, > > If we plan to add new fields like hostid, even no migratory program > is possible. Best migratory program is No. You can always fill the fields that were not present previously with blanks or nul's. But at least you won't lose the history then. > cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp That's unacceptable. Maybe you could do it in a L*** distribution :), but not in FreeBSD. True multiuser sites (like ISPs) might be very eager in keeping the old login history, even for years back. The migratory program is not a big deal at all, the bigger problem is indeed to once and finally start a True upgrade strategy. By now it's merely patchwork what we've got... -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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