/var/adm/wtmps file

[Robert Reed]

On 11.11 systems I can get the date and year from the wtmp file with the fwtmp command.
Neither fwtmp or who works on the wtmps file on 11.23 systems. The last command provides the date but not the year. It there a command that extracts the year also??

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Robert:

# /usr/sbin/acct/fwtmp < /var/adm/wtmp

Regards!

...JRF...

[Dennis Handly]

Here is another thread on that missing year:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1156360

[YAQUB_1]

Hi,

U can see also below thread:-
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=943509

Thanks-Yaqub
I am a Customer Advocate!!!

[Rasheed Tamton]

last command does not give you the year info. Even the command

/usr/sbin/acct/fwtmp < /var/adm/wtmps

does not clearly provide the WAY you WANT. May be there is a patch to fix this issue.

I do not have an old file which goes back more than a year. If you have, you may try like this:
/usr/sbin/acct/fwtmp < /var/adm/wtmps > /tmp/ltmp1

(redirecting the wtmps file to a filed ltmp1 in /tmp dir)

last -RX < /tmp/ltmp1

Also, you can check the -W option of who command (-W option is used to examine the /var/adm/wtmps file)

who -RuW |more