1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Do someone know how to delete entry(some lines) in file "wtmpx" that command "last" use it. this file is binary so I cannot edit directy. ========================= #last root pts/1 noc Fri Mar 3 22:04 still logged in root pts/1 noc Fri Mar 3 22:01 - 22:02 ... (4 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello everybody: the wtmpx file on my Sol8 machine, got so big (2GB), that my root partition is almost full now, can I empty that file, I read about it that it contains database of user access and auditing, so in case I emptied it will it affect my system?? Thanks alot (3 Replies)

3. Solaris

Hi, I am using Sun Solaris 5.9 OS. I have found a file called wtmpx having a size of 5.0 GB. I want to clear this file using :>/var/adm/wtmpx. My query is, would it cause any problem to the running live system. Could anyone suggest the best method to clear the file without causing problem to... (6 Replies)

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi in my solaris 9 system wmptx file is not updating so it is not recording any login or logout or any other entry. can any one tell me how to solve this problem (0 Replies)

5. Solaris

What could possibly happen if wtmpx file got deleted by mistake? Thanks, (8 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, now i need to remove the entires i inserted into my .txt file. echo -n "Title: " read Title echo -n "Author: " read Author if grep -q "$Title: $Author" "BookDB.txt"; then sed '$Title: $Author' BookDB.txt echo "Book Title '$Title' removed successfully!" ... (6 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

I am trying to delete a pattern without removing line. I searched a lot in this forum and using those I could come up with sed command but it seems that command does not work. Here's how my file looks like: 1 ./63990 7 1171 ./63990 2 2425 ./63990 9 2539 ./63990 1 3125 ./63990 1 10141... (7 Replies)

8. Solaris

Hi All I work on solaris 8, 9 and 10 platforms and have encountered an error which is my wtmpx files appear to be corrupted as all entries contain the date 1970 (the birth of unix). Now this is obviously not the case, so my query is: 1 - Can the existing wtmpx files be manipulated to... (6 Replies)

9. Solaris

Hi all, I have been tasked to change permissions on the wtmpx file to 640. Currently the permissions are at 644. My question is will anything be affected if I change the permissions as shown? Thanks in advance. Derek (2 Replies)

10. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I tried running the command "last" in the server to check the users that were last logged into the system. However, I get this error : root@csidblog:# last /var/adm/wtmpx: Value too large for defined data type How do I proceed to get this info? I read some forums suggesting to use... (2 Replies)