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<sect2>
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<title>Creating the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp
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files</title>
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<para>
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Programs like login, shutdown, uptime and others want to read from and write
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to the /var/run/utmp /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp. These files contain
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information about who is currently logged in. It also contains information
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on when the computer was last booted and shutdown and a record of the
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bad login attemps.
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</para>
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<para>
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Create these files with their proper permissions by running the
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following commands:
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</para>
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<blockquote><literallayout>
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<userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
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/var/log/lastlog &&</userinput>
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<userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
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/var/log/lastlog</userinput>
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</literallayout></blockquote>
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</sect2>
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