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Re: wtmp rest to zero bytes



On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 11:39:09AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:

> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 08:57:26AM -0600, Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> > 
> > > Anything security related that would cause wtmp to be zero'ed out?
> > 
> > Other than someone breaking into your system and clearing wtmp as part of an
> > effort to cover their tracks?
> 
> wtmp is rotated monthly by logrotate.

I wouldn't consider standard log rotation to be security-related.

-- 
 - mdz



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