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Operating Systems Solaris : /var/adm/utmp exists! Post 48000 by dangral on Tuesday 24th of February 2004 12:27:20 PM
Old 02-24-2004
: /var/adm/utmp exists!
Solaris 8 E420R, 4CPU, 4GB.

We get the following message in /var/adm/messages:
Code:
Feb 22 04:39:43 hostname See utmp(4) for more information
Feb 22 05:39:43 hostname /usr/lib/utmpd[335]: [ID 268571 daemon.warning] WARNING
: /var/adm/utmp exists!

So I followed the instructions and saw that
Code:
DESCRIPTION
     The utmp and wtmp database files are  obsolete  and  are  no
     longer  present on the system.  They have been superseded by
     the extended database contained in the utmpx and wtmpx data-
     base files.  See utmpx(4).

     It is possible for /var/adm/utmp to reappear on the  system.
     This  would  most  likely occur if a third party application
     that still uses utmp recreates the file if it finds it miss-
     ing.  This  file should not be allowed to remain on the sys-
     tem. The user should investigate to determine which applica-
     tion is recreating this file.

/var/adm/utmp does exist.
We are running Iplanet 6.0 and Weblogic 5.1. Could these be the culprits. Anyone have experience with this error? Should I even care about this error?
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

wtmpx

utmpx(4)							   File Formats 							  utmpx(4)

NAME

       utmpx, wtmpx - utmpx and wtmpx database entry formats

SYNOPSIS

       #include <utmpx.h>
       /var/adm/utmpx
       /var/adm/wtmpx

DESCRIPTION

       The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files.

       The  utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who(1), write(1), and login(1). The wtmpx database
       contains the history of user access and accounting information for the  utmpx database.

USAGE

       Applications should not access these databases directly, but should use the functions described on the getutxent(3C) manual page to  inter-
       act with the utmpx and wtmpx databases to ensure that they are maintained consistently.

FILES

       /var/adm/utmpx	       user access and adminstration information

       /var/adm/wtmpx	       history of user access and adminstrative information

SEE ALSO

       getutxent(3C), wait(3C)wait.h(3HEAD)

SunOS 5.10							    22 Feb 1999 							  utmpx(4)
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