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