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18 lines
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<sect2>
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<title>Creating the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp files</title>
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<para>Programs like login, shutdown, uptime and others want to read from and
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write 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. They also contain 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.</para>
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<para>Create these files with their proper permissions by running the
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following commands:</para>
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<para><screen><userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp} &&
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chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/{btmp,lastlog,wtmp}</userinput></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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