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- Path: sparky!uunet!phavl!rob
- From: rob@phavl.UUCP (Robert Ransbottom)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: cannot login at all!!!
- Message-ID: <365@phavl.UUCP>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 18:26:09 GMT
- References: <1993Jan8.015410.15298@wuecl.wustl.edu>> <EICHIN.93Jan7225437@tweedledumb.mit.edu> <1993Jan8.111115.2278@daimi.aau.dk>
- Organization: erehton
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- In article <1993Jan8.111115.2278@daimi.aau.dk> poe@daimi.aau.dk (Peter Orbaek) writes:
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- >It's not a bad idea to have
- >
- > rm -f /etc/utmp ; touch /etc/utmp
- >
- >in ones /etc/rc file.
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- Simply
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- > /etc/utmp
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- will truncate the file & preserve permissions.
- --
- rob Robert Ransbottom
- "It is extremely important to maintain correct attributions." -- anonymous
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