Looks like this did it. My inittab had both tty1 & 2 uncommented under the getty invocation section. I commented them out around 10 hours ago, and so far my wtmp file is a respectable size. I'll keep my eye on it for the next few days. Thanks again. Rich
>Richard Burt wrote: >> >> OK, I took a look at the man pages for last. With no arguments, it should >> tell me all logins from the wtmp file. Here is what I get: >> >> # last >> USER TTY PID TIMEON FROM >> reboot ~ 0 4845 2.2.19 >A standard entry - though with the size of your file, it should go on for pages and pages.... >> Figuring it has to do with logins, I also took a look at auth.log (also >> pretty big). I think the answer is here, but I don't know what to do to fix >> it. It is full of these. >> >> Dec 7 06:45:12 firewall /sbin/getty[11929]: /dev/tty1: cannot open as >> standard input: Operation not supported by device >> Dec 7 06:45:13 firewall /sbin/getty[11930]: /dev/tty2: cannot open as >> standard input: Operation not supported by device >> >> My box does not have any serial ports, so is there something I can do to >> stop it from trying to open them? >Rather surprising that it's trying to do this at all. However, try the following: >Check your /etc/inittab for entries that mention these serial ports; then comment them out. Then find the process id of "init" using "ps | grep init" and do "kill -HUP <PidOfInit>" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
