Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 03:08:02 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Jmp <jmp@dcwi.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Weird utmp entries in 2.2? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970331030706.397Z-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703281953.OAA10862@dcwi.com>
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On Fri, 28 Mar 1997, Jmp wrote: > I reciently upgraded our primary & secondary servers to 2.2-RELEASE, > and since the 2.2.1-RELEASE fixes did not appear to be pertinent to > us, I did not upgrade to 2.2.1.. (re-format, rather than upgrade).. > but enough background.. > > The problem appeared the first time i looked at last.. so i removed > /var/log/wtmp and toched a new one (since as i recall, a previous monthly > script would do this for us automatically).. and tried logging in again.. > to receive more weirdness.. > > [root@dcwi 14:31 ~ 233 ] last > ttyp5 jmp Wed Dec 31 19:00 still logged in > jmp ttyp4 Wed Dec 31 19:00 still logged in Are you using Xwindows? SOmeone accidentally packaged X on a machine with an extended utmp username field. It causes this sort of damage. The solution appears to be to install the version for 2.1.7, available at ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/XFree86/2.1-STABLE. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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