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Re: uptime -> bad data in /var/run/utmp?



On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Pedro Quaresma de Almeida wrote:

> >> the answer it is
> >> 	bad data in /var/run/utmp
> >Have you upgraded to libc6?
> Yes.

Point dselect at ftp.debian.org and make SURE you've upgraded all the base
and standard packages to their libc6 equivalents.  Libc6 redefines some
basic types in utmp that the old versions of uptime,  who,  etc. can't
read.

                     					Will


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