Forwarding to the list for the explanation of the file size of lastlog.
BCNU//jle----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Bradshaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Joshua'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, 04 January, 2002 15:40 Subject: RE: login 1.4-2 LASTLOG file mismatch <<SNIP>> > Lastlog is a bit strange. Instead of logging the UID of the information > being stored, it indexes into the file a certain amount to denote the UID. > For instance, if the information block that's stored at login takes up 256 > bytes, when a user with a UID of 400 logs in login will go into the file > 400*256 bytes to find the appropriate spot to store that block of > information. Seems like a bad way to go, but there you are. That's why it > suddenly balooned. It created a whole bunch of empty space just to put the > your login information in the "proper" place. > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
