topic Re: The 'last' command not working properly in Operating System - HP-UX

The 'last' command not working properly

Brad Marks — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:15:34 GMT

Although wtmp and btmp have a current date/time stamp, the 'last' command's most recent activity is from one week ago! I can't see any recent login/out activity.

Any help very appreciated: Points Assigned

Thanks,
Brad

Re: The 'last' command not working properly

A. Clay Stephenson — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:23:40 GMT

I suspect that you have corrupt wtmp and/or btmp files. Use fwtmp to convert them to readable text. You can also use fwtmp to convert your cleaned up ASCII files back to binary format. Man fwtmp for details.

Re: The 'last' command not working properly

Brad Marks — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:31:00 GMT

That did the trick.
Much thanks!

Brad