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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!ub!dsinc!satalink!john.will
  2. From: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
  4. Subject: Phantom file invades /etc
  5. Message-ID: <649.1189.uupcb@satalink.com>
  6. Date: 5 Jan 93 08:01:00 GMT
  7. Reply-To: john.will@satalink.com (John Will)
  8. Organization: Datamax/Satalink Connection * Ivyland, PA (215) 443-9434
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  11. I have developed a somewhat mysterious problem with Linux, specifically
  12. a mystery growing file! :-(  A binary file appears in my /etc directory
  13. named wtmp, and it's continuously growing.  It's also flagged by fsck
  14. as a problem, that's how I spotted it.  The whole system is very slow,
  15. obviously because of this phantom file I can't seem to figure out.
  16. Booting from a previous kernel on a floppy didn't fix anything, so
  17. I'm kinda stuck.  What in the world is going on, and how do I fix it?
  18. I tried deleting the file, but it gets recreated.  Where is it coming
  19. from?  HELP!
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