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29 lines
848 B
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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 attempts.
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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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<para>
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<screen>
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<userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp \</userinput>
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<userinput> /var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog &&</userinput>
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<userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp \</userinput>
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<userinput> /var/log/btmp /var/log/lastlog</userinput>
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</screen>
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</para>
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</sect2>
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