I know that on SCO (and probably other *NIX) that the *tmpx files track the
originating IP and I believe that the utmp* file are used by "w/who" and the
wtmp* file are used by "last". Linux seems to just have the wtmp file and always
store and display the originating IP so the multiple version are not needed.
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Mike A. Harris wrote:
> What is the difference between the utmp and utmpx files and why
> would one use one over the other or both, etc... I can find no
> documenation on them but just stumbled across them in the rc
> scripts. Same for wtmp/wtmpx..
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Lars Nordin
Noble Systems Corporation
www.noblesys.com
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