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From: michael@jester.GUN.de (Michael Gerhards)
Subject: FreeBSD: /var/log/lastlog ?
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 17:03:49 GMT
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Hi,

the file '/var/log/lastlog' is growing every day and no cron-job tries
to truncate it. I even don't knwo what to do with that file. 

last -f /var/log/lastlog gives no information and the manpage said
nothing important. 

Any clues ?

Michael
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