Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:35:55 -0500 From: Guy Helmer <ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov> To: GVB <gvbmail@tns.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: lastlog/wtmp reporting incorrect info... Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.05.9904132133430.27839-100000@demios.scl.ameslab.gov> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990413165318.00a18610@abused.com>
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On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, GVB wrote: > I did; > > cp /dev/null /var/log/wtmp > cp /dev/null /var/log/lastlog > > rebooted, and it still hasnt solved anything.. it looks like 200.accounting > just does a; > > touch /var/log/wtmp. > > It is still not showing me that anyong is logged in when I run w, who, or > finger. w, who, and finger all use /var/run/utmp, which is cleared each time the system is rebooted. Check the permissions on /var/run/utmp, and make sure all your terminals are listed in /etc/ttys. HTH, Guy Guy Helmer, Ph.D. Candidate, Iowa State University Dept. of Computer Science Research Assistant, Ames Laboratory --- ghelmer@scl.ameslab.gov Research Assistant, Dept. of Computer Science --- ghelmer@cs.iastate.edu http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~ghelmer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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