wtmp file corruption or last command problem on 5.1A PK4

From: Senn, Bruce (sennb@union.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 04 2003 - 13:23:48 EST


Last week Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I upgraded from 4.0f to 4.0G to
5.1 to 5.1A and then applied PK4 for 5.1A. I suspect corruption of the
wtmp file or a problem with the last command. From an empty wtmp file
everything seems to work for a while, then last fails to display more
recent logins. I can see additional entries in wtmp using a program
that displays a hex dump of the file. So far the only solution seems to
be to create a new, empty wtmp.

I do have a call in to HP support, but any additional insight would be
appreciated.

TIA.
 
Bruce.
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