ML > From: ludwig@wefunk.rent.com (Mitchel F. Ludwig)
 ML > 
 ML > john.will@satalink.com (John Will) writes:
 ML > 
 ML > > I have developed a somewhat mysterious problem with Linux,
 ML > specifically > a mystery growing file! :-(  A binary file appears
in my
 ML > /etc directory > named wtmp, and it's continuously growing.  It's
also
 ML > flagged by fsck 
 ML >    Stuff Deleted....
 ML > 
 ML >    The wtmp file is created and maintained by the accounting
software
 ML > on the machine.  Forgive me if I'm a bit off, but if you don't
use
 ML > accounting, you might want to remove the adm stuff from your cron
so
 ML > this file doesn't do anything.  Now I might be wrong, this could
be a
 ML > login stat file, I can't recall, and if so, adm won't help.

 It doesnt come from cron.  I don't know if its in the kernel or init
 but my solution is a cron entry to truncate it once a week with a

        >/etc/wtmp

 Gary


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