wtmp log exploding
I've got Debian running on a headless Sun SPARCclassic box and I'm having an
odd problem where the wtmp log file grows explosively, 10-15MB a day. I had
the same problem with Redhat 6.2 so I'm not sure what to make of it. Below
is a sample of what it's full of, any ideas?
[6] [12120] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 23
22:57:47] [0]
[6] [12885] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 23
23:39:03] [0]
[6] [14281] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 24
00:54:52] [0]
[6] [14969] [2 ] [LOGIN ] [tty2 ] [ ] [Sep 24
01:34:40] [0]
[6] [15131] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 24
01:42:03] [0]
[6] [15588] [2 ] [LOGIN ] [tty2 ] [ ] [Sep 24
02:08:59] [0]
[6] [17002] [6 ] [LOGIN ] [tty6 ] [ ] [Sep 24
03:24:59] [0]
[6] [19446] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
05:41:08] [0]
[6] [19725] [2 ] [LOGIN ] [tty2 ] [ ] [Sep 24
06:00:16] [0]
[6] [19930] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
06:08:32] [0]
[6] [20509] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 24
06:35:04] [0]
[6] [20843] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
06:54:54] [0]
[6] [22226] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 24
08:10:25] [0]
[6] [22729] [6 ] [LOGIN ] [tty6 ] [ ] [Sep 24
08:38:19] [0]
[6] [25248] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
11:01:20] [0]
[6] [25254] [3 ] [LOGIN ] [tty3 ] [ ] [Sep 24
11:01:31] [0]
[6] [25548] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
11:16:01] [0]
[6] [26252] [5 ] [LOGIN ] [tty5 ] [ ] [Sep 24
11:56:39] [0]
[6] [26381] [6 ] [LOGIN ] [tty6 ] [ ] [Sep 24
12:03:41] [0]
[6] [27487] [1 ] [LOGIN ] [tty1 ] [ ] [Sep 24
13:05:10] [0]
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