From owner-freebsd-current Tue Nov 24 11:36:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA27518 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:36:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA27513 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:36:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA02110; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) id LAA00760; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:35:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:35:48 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199811241935.LAA00760@vashon.polstra.com> To: flo@ganymed.org Subject: Re: strange /var/log/wtmp logging Newsgroups: polstra.freebsd.current In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19981124192442.00f334ac@triton> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article <3.0.32.19981124192442.00f334ac@triton>, Florian Nigsch 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message