Re: Eumongoid lastlog file
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 04:50:54PM -0600, montefin wrote:
> dpkg --status qmail
Interestingly enough, this command reports 'not installed...no info
available'. Maybe in the distant past I played with qmail source? Who knows?
<g>
> Then, _maybe_ AYOR, 'userdel' the qmail users
That seemed to do the job without incident.
> But still check /etc/passwd to see if the qmail guys are gone.
Adios qmail users...
> _However_, let /var/log/lastlog take care of itself.
Agreed.
> If I sound like I 'know-it-all', Bob, I don't.
I don't detect that at all in your posts; 'know-it-alls' tend to get
stuff wrong on a regular basis, and you fail to meet that criteria afaik.
> "Help! my /var/log/lastlog's as big as Canarsie!"
It's good to know you too were a little weirded out when you made the
discovery! (And Lord knows we can use a little poetic license around
here.<g>)
> and Miquel van Smoorenburg set me on the path to exploring the mysteries
> of what he termed Unix's 'sparse files'.
We are blessed with such as Miquel on this list.
> As they say in Wonderland, "Curiouser and curiouser!", hey?
Speaking of poetic license and loosened associations, I laughed to myself
when I read this. It occurred to me that over New England-way here
'Wonderland' is the dog track in Revere, MA just outside of Boston. No doubt
many a curious adventure has played out there...
;-)
--
Bob Bernstein
at http://www.ruptured-duck.com
Esmond, R.I., USA
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