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Re: Missing /var/log/wtmp



In article <[🔎] Pine.LNX.4.58.0402032144310.25758@maranatha.charter.net>,
Cheryl Homiak  <chomiak@charter.net> wrote:
>	 am running debian unstable. I seem to be missing /var/log/wtmp
>from my system. I have searched debian
>and found no file by that name in the package contents searches. I
>searched google;  I did
>find some correspondence on a cygwin list about it being missing. Their
>solution was to insert something in one of the postinstall scripts. Is
>there a more straightforward way of re-creating it on my system? I'm
>getting daily reports about logrotate not being able to find it.
>TIA.

# touch /var/log/wtmp

Mike.



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