Miquel> No, the "wtmp" and "btmp" files should be created by the sysadm Miquel> when he thinks they are needed (btw, does the Debian login use the Miquel> btmp file?). If the last/lastb file is not created, it will not be Miquel> used. This is a local configuration issue. Can you add a note to last(1) and make the error message more meaningful? -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd