(sorry, forgot the "summary" in the subject)
Thanks... I cleared it up with a quick...
`tar zcvf logs.3.22.00.tar.gz wtmp utmp ; touch wtmp utmp`
(copy for archive and then make new files)
--Dan
>if I do a "last" the entries stop last Sunday... when there was a problem
>with /var filling up.
>
>I know someone mentioned this before but I cannot find the email...
>something to do with the logs (utmp/wtmp?) getting corrupted which would
>cause a cease in logging.
>
>Any help with this? Thanks!
>(I'd like to try to preserve what I have already in the logs if possible
>as I use it a lot)
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Dan Kirkpatrick dkirk_at_phy.syr.edu
Computer Systems Manager
Department of Physics
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
http://www.phy.syr.edu/~dkirk Fax: (315) 443-9103
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