Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 10:31:15AM +0300, Antti Kultanen wrote: > the "last" command in wtmpdb does not work: > -8<- > % last > open_database_ro: Cannot open database (/var/lib/wtmpdb/wtmp.db): unable to > open database file
Is that because the file is missing, or because of another problem? Can you check strace? > Backstory: I just noticed that the "last" command was missing. A quick > google search suggested to install the wtmpdb package. The last command > is now there, but it doesn't work as above. What is the procedure to > migrate to wtmpdb, besides installing the package? I couldn't find > any instructions on the man page and there is no documentation included > in the .deb. There is nothing else to do on a normal install. Otherwise, libpam-wtmpdb needs to be installed and accepted in pam-auth-update. > (Yes, there have been logins after I installed the wtmpdb package) Using which mechanism? Chris
