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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