[SunHELP] last command not working

[Lund, Dennis]

I forgot the ">" in the e-mail.  I verified the file zero'ed out before
proceding. /var isn't even close to 100% (57%).

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:sunhelp-bounces at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Yazid
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:17 AM
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Subject: Re: [SunHELP] last command not working


I don't understand why you did a 
1. cat /dev/null wtmpx (last still works showing login data). If you
want to empty out wtmpx do a "cat /dev/null > wtmpx".

Have you check if /var 100% utilized?

Rgds,




On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:42:54 -0400, Lund, Dennis <dennis.lund at sciatl.com>
wrote:
> We have and issue were the "last" command is NOT displaying accurate data.
> The command only displays login data from May 2004.
> 
> The wtmpx file is updating when a using logs into the server, but May 31st
> is that login displayed.
> 
> Example:
> 
> wallacc   pts/14       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    Mon May 31 15:20 - 15:29
(00:08)
> perryc    pts/14       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    Mon May 31 11:37 - 11:43
(00:06)
> perryc    pts/14       xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx    Mon May 31 08:58 - 10:57
(01:58)
> 
> I have run a few tests on another system:
> 
> 1. cat /dev/null wtmpx (last still works showing login data)
> 2. cat /dev/null utmpx (last still works)
> 3. cat /dev/null lastlog (last still works)
> 
> Any ideas as to how we fix this? The server has been rebooted.
> 
> Thank you
> Dennis Lund
> (800)283-2636
> dennis.lund at sciatl.com
> 
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