10-29-2003
SCO utmp file
I am tring to recover a SCO system remotely, when I try to login with multiple user support, i get the following message
No UTPM entry, you must execute from the lowest level (sh)
Can anyone shed some light on this issue. I have never came seen this error before.
Also it will allow me to login into maintenance mode as root single user.
thanks all that answer.
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utmp(5) File Formats Manual utmp(5)
Name
utmp, wtmp - login records
Syntax
#include <utmp.h>
Description
The file records information about who is currently using the system. The file is a sequence of entries with the following structure
declared in the include file:
struct utmp {
char ut_line[8]; /* tty name */
char ut_name[8]; /* user id */
char ut_host[16]; /* host name, if remote */
long ut_time; /* time on */
};
This structure gives the name of the special file associated with the user's terminal, the user's login name, and the time of the login in
the form of
The file records all logins and logouts. A null user name indicates a logout on the associated terminal. A terminal referenced with a
tilde (~) indicates that the system was rebooted at the indicated time. The adjacent pair of entries with terminal names referenced by a
vertical bar (|) or a right brace (}) indicate the system-maintained time just before and just after a command has changed the system's
timeframe.
The file is maintained by and Neither of these programs creates the file, so, if it is removed, record-keeping is turned off. It is summa-
rized by
Files
See Also
last(1), lastcomm(1), login(1), who(1), ac(8), init(8)
utmp(5)