wtmpx file

[crazyenglishman]

does anyone know, how to purge the wtmpx file

this file grow & grows and uses up disk space

thanks

 

[jad]

delete it?
rm /var/adm/wtmpx ?

cat /dev/null > /var/adm/wtmpx

will leave a blank file with the same permissions and settings if you want but the wtmpx file will recreate itself happily.

Jon

 

[ayjaycee]

Better still, try something like this (run it from cron every night/week, as necessary, & keep the number of generations appropriate to your site) :-

#!/bin/sh
# Rotate log files
cd /var/adm
for F in utmp utmpx wtmp wtmpx
do
if [ -f ${F}-5 ]; then rm -f ${F}-5
if [ -f ${F}-4 ]; then mv -f ${F}-4 ${F}-5
if [ -f ${F}-3 ]; then mv -f ${F}-3 ${F}-4
if [ -f ${F}-2 ]; then mv -f ${F}-2 ${F}-3
if [ -f ${F}-1 ]; then mv -f ${F}-1 ${F}-2
if [ -f ${F} ]; then mv -f ${F} ${F}-1
touch $F
done
============================================
This allows you to go back in time if there's any reason to investigate "strange goings on" ;-) Ayjaycee - the "A" in TandA

http://www.tanda.f2s.com

One by one, the penguins steal my sanity.

 

[jad]

#
# Backup Procedure
#
#This deletes backups older than 25 days.
cd /var/adm
find . -name 'utmpx-*' -mtime +25 -exec rm {} \; -ls
#
#
FILEDATE=`date '+%m:%d:%Y:%H:%M:%S'`
compress utmpx > utmpx-${FILEDATE}.Z
cat /dev/null > utmpx

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works better ...