[luau] wtmp problem

[Daniel J Nishimura]

I am using Solaris 8 on a Sparc 20.  I do keep up with the patches and
there does not seem to be any security comprimises.  Is there a way to
restart the logging of wtmp?  I do not know what actually controls the
wtmp log.

On Wed, 15 May 2002, Warren Togami wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel J Nishimura" <djnishim at hawaii.edu>
> To: "LUAU" <luau at videl.ics.hawaii.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 2:16 PM
> Subject: [luau] wtmp problem
>
>
> > I'm not sure if this message was sent since the mail backup from the dns
> > server going down.  Anyways can anyone help me with this problem?
> >
> > On Fri, 10 May 2002, Daniel J Nishimura wrote:
> >
> > > I'm getting old information when I do a "/bin/last" command on my
> > > unix box.  The filesystem that my wtmp and wtmpx files reside in are not
> > > any where near close to full capacity, so that is not the problem.  Any
> > > ideas what the problem could be?
>
> What operating system and version?
>
> Have you been keeping up with all security patches religiously?
>
> Have you checked for signs of a security compromise?
>
> Do you use Tripwire or any other file integrity monitoring security tools?
>
>
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