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RE: Missing /var/log/wtmp




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cheryl Homiak [mailto:chomiak@charter.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 10:54 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Missing /var/log/wtmp
> 
> 
> Ok, I recompiled my kernel with bsd process accounting 
> compiled in. But I
> still must be missing a step, because I still get:
> 
> 
> /etc/cron.daily/logrotate:
> stat of /var/log/wtmp failed: No such file or directory
> run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
As stated earlier, you create the wtmp file, as root, with:

touch /var/log/wtmp

This will create the wtmp file.  Be sure to check to insure it was created.

-mk

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