You can also manually clear wtmp or any file with:
cat /dev/null > {filename}
this will preserve the file's permissions, id's, etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Wright [mailto:d.wright@open.ac.uk]
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 1:01 PM
To: John F. Davis
Cc: debian user mailing list
Subject: Re: /var/log/wmtmp
Quoting John F. Davis (davis@skink.net):
> Hello
Hi. Can you send rather than replying, as you've actually threaded
onto an off-topic subject.
> I have a huge /var/log/wmtmp file and I need to delete it in order
> to get some free disk space.
I take it that's wtmp. S'funny, mine's rotated already.
> Can I just delete the file? Is there a way to clear it correctly?
You could run the appropriate command that you will find in
/etc/cron.monthly/standard which your system may or may not
be getting run automatically.
Cheers,
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