last command

[ronron]

does anybody know how to clear out lists after issuing the "last" command? i want to re-start it and start from scratch or zero.

how about showing the complete date (including year)?

 

[nadim]

I'm too sure if there is an option to empty wtmp, but you should be able to empty it by issuing.

> /etc/wtmp





Nadim

 

[BobMCT]

We usually just simply delete the wtmp file (rm /var/wtmp) and it starts over at that point. Works for us...

 

[farhsyed]

ron,

try fwtmp command, get the syntax from man, clear wtmp to a save file for any archive purpose.

hope this will work.

Farhsyed

 

[call]

to capture the data to archive it use who -a /var/adm/wtmp and redirect the output to a save file

like this
from root

who -a /var/adm/wtmp > don
now you can clear it by using cat /dev/null > /var/adm/wtmp

hope this helps