Bug#39753: marked as done (base: (potato): System create /var/log/wtmp.utmpd and program search for /var/log/wtmp)
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From: Ondrej Sury <shade@globe.cz>
Subject: base: (potato): System create /var/log/wtmp.utmpd and program search for /var/log/wtmp
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Several programs fail to find wtmp which is located in
/var/log/wtmp.utmpd including last, logrotate and such.
Ondra Sury <shade@globe.cz>
druid:~# last
last: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory
Perhaps this file was removed by the operator to prevent logging last info.
druid:~# ls /var/log/wtmp*
/var/log/wtmp.utmpd
druid:~# ln -s wtmp.utmpd /var/log/wtmp
druid:~# last -1
shade tty4 Sat Mar 27 16:05 still logged in
wtmp begins Sat Mar 27 14:33:36 1999
druid:~#
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Kernel Version: Linux druid 2.2.10 #8 Fri Jun 18 18:15:00 CEST 1999 i586 unknown
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Subject: Bug#39753: System create /var/log/wtmp.utmpd and program search for /var/log/wtmp
From: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
Date: 22 Apr 2000 20:45:04 -0400
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This bug has been fixed for quite some time now in the potato
boot-floppies. Thanks for your report, sorry it took so long for us
to get around to closing this.
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.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
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