Re: WTMP, BTMP

[Jeremy Tregunna <camp@hendrix.huron.net>]

It is a small bug in the formats of the utmp and wtmp files. Here is a
small list of things you should do to completely upgrade:

1) Upgrade to all the packages in the base/ section
2) cd /var/log
3) mv wtmp wtmp.libc5
4) touch wtmp
5) cd /var/run
5) rm -f utmp
6) cp /dev/null utmp
7) shutdown -r now

Then you should be all set.

On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Peter Paluch wrote:

> Hello friends.
> ===============
> 
> Since I've upgraded my Debian to use libc6 (through modem - phew! ;-) my
> wtmp and btmp entries are completely corrupt and unreadable. I can't
> find out where the problem is. I've asked also my another friend who
> uses Debian and he has the same problem, too.
> 
> Is it a problem with /usr/bin/last or with programs writing to the wtmp?
> Is there a fix for that?
> 
> Thanks in forward.
> 
> Peter
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