Re: Fixing a corrupt utmp

["David Busby" <busby pnts com>]

I had this happen and I fixed it by doing this:

Kick everyone off the machine, with only one user do

cat /dev/null > /var/run/utmp
logout

Then login again...
`who` should report correct information

/B


----- Original Message -----
From: "Reuben D. Budiardja" <reubendb innovativethought com>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 08:56
Subject: Fixing a corrupt utmp


>
> Hello,
> Anyone knows how to fix a corrupted utmp files? Reboot most likely fix it,
but
> I am trying not to reboot the machine (yeah.. i am trying to compete my
> uptime with other people :) ).
>
> As to how my utmp file corrupted at the first place, please refer to my
other
> post under the subject "log-out a user - How To".
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> RDB
>
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