Re: problems with finger

[Pere Camps <ran@casal.upc.es>]

Hi!

> looks like your utmp file is mangled.  the easiest way is to just wipe it
> out entirely.  (try as root:  "> /var/run/utmp")  it's also possible to
> fix the utmp file by manipulating it's contents - depending on the number
> of users on your system this may be better, or simply wiping the utmp
> immediately before rebooting.

	I rebooted and now it works fine. Looks like the boot process
deletes everything in /var/run/. But I don't like rebooting, and I'm
pissed of that this was the only solution. I tried deleting the utmp file
and creating it again but the problem persisted.

	Whatever... :-)


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