Re: WTMP Question

2016-01-20 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sat, 26 Dec 2015 11:10:06 -0800 Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Duncan Patton a Campbell > wrote: > ... > >> So, the file isn't growing. Why? Is the filesystem full? Is /var > >> not mounted read-write? > > # df >

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-26 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Mon, 21 Dec 2015 19:58:28 -0800 Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell > wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:37:30 -0800 > > Philip Guenther wrote: > > > >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Duncan Patt

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-26 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:56:26 + skin...@britvault.co.uk (Craig Skinner) wrote: > On 2015-12-22 Tue 12:13 PM |, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > hOn Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:26:33AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > > > There isn't a '> /var/log/wtmp'

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-26 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 11:00 AM, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: ... >> So, the file isn't growing. Why? Is the filesystem full? Is /var >> not mounted read-write? > # df > Filesystem 512-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd2a 49547260 8237420 388324801

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-23 Thread Craig Skinner
On 2015-12-22 Tue 12:13 PM |, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > hOn Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:26:33AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > > There isn't a '> /var/log/wtmp' or something in rc.local from a past > > upgrade across the time_t bump is there? > > Or in /etc/rc.firsttime and a r/o /etc so it cannot b

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-22 Thread Otto Moerbeek
hOn Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:26:33AM +, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2015-12-21, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:37:30 -0800 > > Philip Guenther wrote: > >> Well, you apparently know that the data comes from /var/log/wtmp, so > >> what's the status of that file? It

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-22 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015-12-21, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:37:30 -0800 > Philip Guenther wrote: >> Well, you apparently know that the data comes from /var/log/wtmp, so >> what's the status of that file? It should be a normal file of >> non-zero length. If it's a symlink to /dev/nul

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-21 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:37:30 -0800 > Philip Guenther wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell >> wrote: >> > I've a question about last/utmp/wtmp that someone here should be >> > able to answer. >> >

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-20 Thread Duncan Patton a Campbell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Sun, 20 Dec 2015 12:37:30 -0800 Philip Guenther wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell > wrote: > > I've a question about last/utmp/wtmp that someone here should be > > able to answer. > > > > At the shell I do > > >

Re: WTMP Question

2015-12-20 Thread Philip Guenther
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote: > I've a question about last/utmp/wtmp that someone here should be able to > answer. > > At the shell I do > > # date > Sat Dec 19 16:29:07 MST 2015 > # last > > wtmp begins Sat Dec 19 16:29 2015 > > This appears to set the beginnin