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Date:      Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:35:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        flo@ganymed.org
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: strange /var/log/wtmp logging
Message-ID:  <199811241935.LAA00760@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981124192442.00f334ac@triton>

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In article <3.0.32.19981124192442.00f334ac@triton>,
Florian Nigsch  <flo@ganymed.org> wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> 
> Recently I noticed that there are strange log entries in my wtmp file.

You probably have an old program predating the changes in the format
wtmp file, which is writing old-style records into the file.  The
usual culprit is xterm.  If you are using wu-ftpd from a port, it's
another possibility.  Likewise for sshd, I believe.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public."
                                                            -- H. L. Mencken

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