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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 10:08:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Grossniklaus Bruno <grossnik DOT mailinglists AT bluewin DOT ch>
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Subject: Re: ProFTPD 1.2.9rc2: "missing /var/log/wtmp"
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Grossniklaus Bruno wrote:

> Hello Jason
>
> >    $ ls -l /var/log/wtmp
> >    -rw-rw-rw-    1 jt       Domain U   132748 Oct 15 17:27 /var/log/wtmp
>
> And how/when did you get this dir?
> I removed the the hole cygwin installation, installed the basic distro and
> finally installed a few packages (like proftpd)
>
> Now I have:
> $ ls -l /var/log/
> insgesamt 258
> -rwxrwxrwx+   1 admin-se Users       16077 20. Oct 15:44 setup.log
> -rwxrwxrwx+   1 admin-se Users      247243 20. Oct 15:44 setup.log.full
>
> There is no /var/log/wtmp
>
> Do we have to create /var/log/wtmp manually?
>
> Best Regards
> Bruno
>
>
> My installed packages are:
>
> Cygwin Package Information
> Package              Version            Status
> [snip]
> cygutils             1.2.1-2            OK
> [snip]

Bruno,

/var/log/wtmp should be created by the cygutils package postinstall
script:

$ pwd
/etc/postinstall
$ grep wtmp *
cygutils.sh.done:if [ ! -f /var/log/wtmp ] ; then \
cygutils.sh.done:  touch /var/log/wtmp ;
$

FWIW, I agree that if proftpd requires /var/log/wtmp, its postinstall
script should attempt to create it (if it's not there).
	Igor
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