topic wtmp grows ..... in Operating System - HP-UX

wtmp grows .....

f. halili — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:14:17 GMT

Hello everyone,

I ran "last" and found these lines continously coming. I see so many lines in one minute.

It's so fast that wtmp keeps on growing. Any ideas?

root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in
root remshd Thu Apr 21 18:49 still logged in

Thanks,
f. halili

Re: wtmp grows .....

RAC_1 — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:17:12 GMT

fuser -u /var/adm/wtmp

What is using it so much?? You can null it out. Also check if anybody is using the system or not.

who -u
finger

Anil

Re: wtmp grows .....

Pete Randall — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:19:19 GMT

> /var/adm/wtmp

Pete

Re: wtmp grows .....

Henk Geurts — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:30:50 GMT

hi f
do you need remsh ?
might want to reconsider ...
it opens up your system..and creating uncontrolled behaviour...as in this case..
we dont allow remsh,rlogin or rexec on all our servers....

regards.

Re: wtmp grows .....

f. halili — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:43:45 GMT

thanks !!