Oh man .. I have experienced this problem before.. it's an error in this build of the
kernel.. something having to do with the number of times a who or w is executed.. I
had previously found the cure for it on dejanews somewhere. I'll look for it and post
it once I do get it. But until then rest assured, and do NOT play with you wtmp/utmp
files.. I messed some stuff up royally trying to do that.
until then ..
Joel
--> -----Original Message-----
--> From: William T Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
--> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 1998 6:26 PM
--> To: macker
--> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--> Subject: Re: error running /usr/bin/who (memory exhausted??)
-->
-->
--> On Sun, 3 May 1998, macker wrote:
-->
--> > i'm having a problem with /usr/bin/who .. it keeps failing. i've seen
--> ...
--> > who: Memory exhausted
-->
--> who does this when your wtmp/utmp files get too large. The
--> best solution
--> is to use w, which is a little more robust, or clean out your utmp/wtmp
--> files periodically. (which will make funny things happen for anyone who
--> is logged in at the time).
-->
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