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1<sect2>
2<title>Creating the /var/run/utmp, /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp
3files</title>
4
5<para>
6Programs like login, shutdown, uptime and others want to read from and write
7to the /var/run/utmp /var/log/btmp and /var/log/wtmp. These files contain
8information about who is currently logged in. It also contains information
9on when the computer was last booted and shutdown and a record of the
10bad login attemps.
11</para>
12
13<para>
14Create these files with their proper permissions by running the
15following commands:
16</para>
17
18<blockquote><literallayout>
19
20 <userinput>touch /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
21 /var/log/lastlog &amp;&amp;</userinput>
22 <userinput>chmod 644 /var/run/utmp /var/log/wtmp /var/log/btmp
23 /var/log/lastlog</userinput>
24
25</literallayout></blockquote>
26
27</sect2>
28
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