[SunHELP] last command not working (topo's corrected)

[Luc I. Suryo]

by any chance using a 'broken' 64-bits sshd?? or any other application
that is 64-bits but has the wtmpx error?

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Lund, Dennis <Dennis.Lund at sciatl.com>
   wrote at Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 12:48:54AM -0400:

> 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 user logs into the server, but logins from
> May 31st and earlier are the only logins 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)
> 
> The server has been rebooted.  I thought we might fix it by nulling all 3
> files, but not sure if it would correct the issue.
> 
> Any ideas as to how we fix this? 
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