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Thanks for the info.... I got thrown off for a sec there...
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/var/log/wtmp is what makes the 'last' command work. It used to be there in the previous version of the OS, so 'last' worked (you could see when last you rebooted, when it crashed, when you logged in and so on). Without 'wtmp' that info is gone, and it was removed in the last OS upgrade, but on a mobile device it makes some kind of sense to remove it. Maybe. Anyway, for some reason it was updated way too much in the previous OS version so it grew fast. On the other hand it's on the compressed internal file system so it didn't take much space, those 60MB you saw would probably be just 1 or maybe 2 MB, if that.
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2007-07-30
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Originally Posted by TA-t3
Grate info thanks.... Wierd thing is that I was having major boot up issues the behavior was almost like there was no more space in root... I deleted that file and it all works fine again...
/var/log/wtmp is what makes the 'last' command work. It used to be there in the previous version of the OS, so 'last' worked (you could see when last you rebooted, when it crashed, when you logged in and so on). Without 'wtmp' that info is gone, and it was removed in the last OS upgrade, but on a mobile device it makes some kind of sense to remove it. Maybe. Anyway, for some reason it was updated way too much in the previous OS version so it grew fast. On the other hand it's on the compressed internal file system so it didn't take much space, those 60MB you saw would probably be just 1 or maybe 2 MB, if that.
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2007-07-30
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It will be re-created if you delete it. It's better to do as follows:
sudo gainroot
cd /var/log
rm wtmp; ln -s /dev/null wtmp
The file will now be there, but symlinked to the bottomless sink.
(For those on the latest OS version: The above doesn't apply, as the file is not written anymore. It's for those on the previous version.)
sudo gainroot
cd /var/log
rm wtmp; ln -s /dev/null wtmp
The file will now be there, but symlinked to the bottomless sink.
(For those on the latest OS version: The above doesn't apply, as the file is not written anymore. It's for those on the previous version.)
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2007-07-30
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Thank You for the tip!
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<gla55> security stuff is just to piss off people, really
<gla55> security stuff is just to piss off people, really
Is 60MB big!?!
I use VI to it but it seems to be encrypted or compiled... any ideas out there?
<gla55> security stuff is just to piss off people, really