On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, system user wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Amos Hayes wrote:
> >
> > After upgrading my "intel" system from RH 4.2 to RH 5.0 and updating the
> > items in the errata, "w" and "last" appear to be broken.
> > I have tried re-installing the latest util-linux rpm as well as reverting
> > to the original 5.0 rpm. Running "rpm -qf /var/run/utmp" doesn't find the
> > rpm that owns the file. Same with "rpm -qf /var/log/wtmp".
> >
> > Any clues would be greatly appreciated.
> As I somewhere read there is an enhanced in w/utmp(some fields are
> changed) files for upcoming ipv6 standart.
> I have similar problem but pppd related i.e. AutoPPP feature(mgetty)
> user dial-in and directrly authenticate using PAP but w of finger
> not show them.
> I simply precompile pppd.
> But for a small time I have such problem:
> eive:19 Thu Jan 1 02:0 still loggd in
> ceive: 1 Sun Feb 8 07:08 - 02:00 ( -38+-5:-8)
> in wtmp file, I create new wtmp and problem is done.
I have tried ">/var/run/utmp" and ">/var/log/wtmp" to no avail. "w" still
shows nobody logged in and "last" now just shows "wtmp begins Tue Mar 10
10:09:36 1998".
I am stumpped. Has nobody else run into this? More importantly, has anyone
got any ideas of things to try to get things working normally again or
provide more useful debugging info?
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Amos Hayes Systems Architect
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