Dear Gurus,
My question was: is there any problem in removing the /var/adm/wtmp file?
Answer: basically, NO.
However, if the wtmp file is removed and not re-created, then of course
there will be no accounting, but also the "w" and "who" commands won't
work any longer. It is therefore a bad idea.
What I did was therefore "cat /dev/null > /var/adm/wtmp"
My thanks to:
sxkac_at_java.sois.alaska.edu (Kurt Carlson)
Alex_Nord_at_jabil.com
Phil VanHelden <vanhelde_at_odo.msoe.edu>
Michel-Ange CAMHI <camhi_at_eclia2.ec-lille.fr>
zawada_at_buckeye.cb.lucent.com
tim_oconnor_at_uhlaw.com
Cliff Krieger <ckrieger_at_latrade.com>
"Stephen L. LaBelle" <labelles_at_mscd.edu>
William Flett <will_at_dcs.rhbnc.ac.uk>
Oyanarte Portilho <portilho_at_tritium>
Dan Peters <petersd_at_novachem.com>
Peter Stern <peter_at_wiscpa.weizmann.ac.il>
FRANK_at_OSMIUM.llnl.gov
James Sainsbury <sainsb_j_at_chem.usyd.edu.au>
jude_at_tsi.com.my (Jude T. Cruz)
Phil VanHelden <vanhelde_at_odo.msoe.edu>
"Michael James Bradford" <mjbr_at_tdk.dk>
MC.Vialatte_at_custsv.univ-bpclermont.fr
Debby Quayle <dquayle_at_hamilton.edu>
What a list!!
Cheers,
Jean-Loup
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