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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-02-15 15:26:52 +0000 |
| commit | b08f4096533577934b885fa9df41d3881d141612 (patch) | |
| tree | 8e5ffc0ba65ac34d97cd6a896d33b85a897a6da8 /chapter06/create-utmp.xml | |
| parent | ad08014624938a3a3bfd1b44e8b27d02c7b06dd8 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/chapter06/create-utmp.xml b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..fad585278 --- /dev/null +++ b/chapter06/create-utmp.xml @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +<sect2> +<title>Creating the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp +files</title> + +<para> +Programs like login, shutdown, uptime and others want to read from and write +to the /var/run/utmp /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp. These files contain +information about who is currently logged in. It also contains information +on when the computer was last booted and shutdown and a record of the +bad login attemps. +</para> + +<para> +Create these files with their proper permissions by running the +following commands: +</para> + +<blockquote><literallayout> + + <userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp + /var/log/lastlog &&</userinput> + <userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp + /var/log/lastlog</userinput> + +</literallayout></blockquote> + +</sect2> + |