Re: w command

To: Nuno Carvalho <nemanuel@student.dei.uc.pt>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: w command
From: Remco van de Meent <rvdmeent@xs4all.nl>
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 17:49:29 +0200 (CEST)
Message-id: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980504174812.3609B-100000@cal052204.student.utwente.nl>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 354C9F09.534F16AD@student.dei.uc.pt>

On Sun, 3 May 1998, Nuno Carvalho wrote:

 :  Why when i call the w command get that message ?
 : 
 :   $ w
 :    bad data in /var/run/utmp
 : 
 :  What would be the reason ? I already deleted that file and it still the
 : same !

Maybe you're half-way an upgrade from a libc5 system to a 'full' libc6
system? If so, I think there are packages installed which corrupt your utmp
file. Does `last' give correct output?

bye,
Remco


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