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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

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