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Old 11-29-2012
Not logging ftp connections in /var/adm/wtmpx file (in last command output)
Hi all,
I have F5 load balancer on my system and checking service status by opening an ftp session in every 30 seconds. These ftp sessions are being logged in /var/adm/wtmpx and filling up the file. when i run the last command most of the output is this ftp session. I was wondering if there is a way not keep log of these ftp sessions on /var/adm/wtmpx file.

Sample:
Code:
root@ppstest01 # last | more
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.94   Fri Nov 30 09:57 - 09:57  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.93   Fri Nov 30 09:57 - 09:57  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.94   Fri Nov 30 09:56 - 09:56  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.93   Fri Nov 30 09:56 - 09:56  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.94   Fri Nov 30 09:56 - 09:56  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.93   Fri Nov 30 09:56 - 09:56  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.94   Fri Nov 30 09:55 - 09:55  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.93   Fri Nov 30 09:55 - 09:55  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.94   Fri Nov 30 09:55 - 09:55  (00:00)
testftp   ftp          192.168.200.93   Fri Nov 30 09:55 - 09:55  (00:00)

Last edited by Scott; 11-29-2012 at 09:54 PM.. Reason: Please use code tags
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Old 11-30-2012
You can use -W option on command line while starting ftpd process to disable ftp login/logout sessions recording into wtmpx file.

Check the ftpd manual here
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