wtmp not recording login info

[Ratzie]

I think it is broke!!!

I was filling my file and tried trimming to file itself by doing...
>wtmp

Now it is not recording any logins to the file.

It just states...
wtmp begins Tue Dec 9 14:33

Do I have to restart it...

[Helen French · Accepted solution]

Check the permission on that file and post it. Also, try recreating it again :

# cd /var/adm
# > wtmp

Try doing a telnet and see if it's getting logged in on the file.

[Paula J Frazer-Campbell]

Hi

This may help

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=265607


Paula

[jerry1]

I had a similar problem with wtmp not login
root logins. I had to apply the r-commands
patches. Are you trying a login as root?

[Ratzie]

You are right it does not log root logins, I thought I had ti running, but when I checked root is was not logging what do you do...

[jerry1]

Look for the latest r-commands patch for 11.0. It does not seem to be a problem with
11.11.

[jerry1]

Looks like PHNE_23003.

[John Carr_2]

Hi

next time you wish to trim the file

cat /dev/null > wtmp

this will let it carry on working

:-) John.

[Ratzie]

FYI!!!

It is still an know bug with HP, I logged the case and have tried the new 3.7 ssh (prerelease) and this is still buggy!


Thanks everyone for your helpful input!