Re: [Leaf-user] very large /var/log/wtmp
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 48452.2.19 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 This is your problem. I've seen this on a SCO box, where /etc/inttab was grossly misconfigured and the experiences a 10 GB wtmp file !!! My box does not have any serial ports, so is there something I can do to stop it from trying to open them? Thanks, Rich Message: 5 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 23:10:32 -0600 From: David Douthitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] very large /var/log/wtmp To: LEAF User Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 12/6/01 at 5:38 PM, Richard Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a posting a few weeks ago of someone who was having this problem. I don't ever remember seeing an answer. This is a new clean Dachstein 1.01 installation. Been up for just shy of 3 days. As you can see my wtmp file is 7.5 MB. Anyone have any thoughts? Or what more info should I provide. Thanks. wtmp is used by the last command (that is -- probaby -- /bin/last); try it. You might want to check the help for a way to limit the number of entries to list (I don't remember what it was, but it can be done). Then you can see what is filling your wtmp file. -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
[Leaf-user] very large /var/log/wtmp
I saw a posting a few weeks ago of someone who was having this problem. I don't ever remember seeing an answer. This is a new clean Dachstein 1.01 installation. Been up for just shy of 3 days. Here is an ls of my /var/log directory. firewall: -root- # ls -l -rw-r-1 root adm777216 Dec 6 07:07 auth.log -rw-r-1 root adm 1024 Dec 6 07:21 daemon.log -rw-r-1 root adm 11264 Dec 5 12:38 daemon.log.0 -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 6 06:42 daemon.log.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 1119 Dec 5 06:42 daemon.log.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 6 06:42 debug -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 5 06:42 debug.0 -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 6 06:42 debug.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 161 Dec 5 06:42 debug.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 757 Dec 6 13:18 kern.log -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 5 06:42 kern.log.0 -rw-r-1 root adm 176 Dec 6 06:42 kern.log.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 2192 Dec 5 06:42 kern.log.2.gz -rw-r-1 root root0 Dec 6 20:24 lastlog -rw-r-1 root adm 852 Dec 6 16:36 messages -rw-r-1 root adm 239 Dec 6 04:36 messages.0 -rw-r-1 root adm 243 Dec 6 06:42 messages.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 2135 Dec 5 06:42 messages.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 6 06:42 ppp.log -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 5 06:42 ppp.log.0 -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 6 06:42 ppp.log.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 5 06:42 ppp.log.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 6 06:42 pslave.log -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 5 06:42 pslave.log.0 -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 6 06:42 pslave.log.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 5 06:42 pslave.log.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Nov 13 1997 setuid.changes -rw-r-1 root adm 2048 Dec 6 07:30 syslog -rw-r-1 root adm 13312 Dec 5 12:38 syslog.0 -rw-r-1 root adm 3542 Dec 6 06:42 syslog.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 3587 Dec 5 06:42 syslog.2.gz -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 6 06:42 user.log -rw-r-1 root adm 0 Dec 5 06:42 user.log.0 -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 6 06:42 user.log.1.gz -rw-r-1 root adm20 Dec 5 06:42 user.log.2.gz -rw-r-1 root root 7438080 Dec 6 20:30 wtmp As you can see my wtmp file is 7.5 MB. Anyone have any thoughts? Or what more info should I provide. Thanks. Rich __ 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
Re: [Leaf-user] very large /var/log/wtmp
On 12/6/01 at 5:38 PM, Richard Burt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a posting a few weeks ago of someone who was having this problem. I don't ever remember seeing an answer. This is a new clean Dachstein 1.01 installation. Been up for just shy of 3 days. As you can see my wtmp file is 7.5 MB. Anyone have any thoughts? Or what more info should I provide. Thanks. wtmp is used by the last command (that is -- probaby -- /bin/last); try it. You might want to check the help for a way to limit the number of entries to list (I don't remember what it was, but it can be done). Then you can see what is filling your wtmp file. -- David Douthitt UNIX Systems Administrator HP-UX, Unixware, Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Leaf-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user
