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Date: | Thu, 29 Sep 2005 10:02:38 +0200 |
From: | Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Which libraries or programs write to /var/log/wtmp ? |
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On Sep 29 09:16, Jurgen Defurne wrote: > That is why I am trying to find out by which programs > this writing to wtmp can be caused. wtmp is written by all applications calling login(3), logout(3), logwtmp(3) or updwtmp(3). These are usually login processes like login, started from telnet, or sshd. Just do the same what other systems do, gzip wtmp and create a new, empty wtmp regulary. Or shrink it to 0 of you're not interested in keeping the information. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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