04-25-2012
Methyl,
Thank you for your response. I cleared the file this way: cat /dev/null > wtmp
I saved a copy of the file before doing this.
When I run who -b:
system boot Dec 12 18:39
Thanks again
Last edited by methyl; 04-25-2012 at 07:52 PM..
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