[plug] repairs to /var/log/lastlog

[Ambrose B Scafidi]

Is OK I fixed it ;-)

stupid really. Just had to rename, log out and in and it rebuilt the file for
me... we are back to 146kb now...

Duhhhh
Ambrose ;-)



----- Original Email -----
From: Tony Breeds <magni at plug.linux.org.au>
To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
Date: 20-May-2003 11:50
Subject: Re: Re: [plug] repairs to /var/log/lastlog

> On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 03:25:50AM -0000, Ambrose B Scafidi wrote:
> 
> > /var/log/lastlog has an internal structure to it. 
> 
> Yes.  but a 0 byte file is valid.
> 
> > Every time a user is added
> > to the system there is a incremental increase in size of this file as a
> > datastructure representing the new user is tacked onto the end. 
> 
> Not in my experience.  everytime a user logs in the file is updated to
> show it, in a way very similar to [wu]tmp
> 
> > How this one
> > got to 18meg is beyond me....
> 
> Normal system growth.
>  
> Truncating the file the way I suggested previously should be fine.
> Certainly has been for me for the last 8+ years.
> 
> Yours Tony
> 
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