From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ohsmtp03.ogw.rr.com ([65.24.7.38]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18yWQx-0003CP-00 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:24:39 -0500 Received: from cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com (cpe-024-033-003-115.midsouth.rr.com [24.33.3.115]) by ohsmtp03.ogw.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h2RCOa00001501 for ; Thu, 27 Mar 2003 07:24:37 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 06:24:36 -0600 (CST) From: Adam Myrow To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: bogus tty entry In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200303270117.h2R1Hao10730@sunset.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Joseph C. Lininger wrote: > I believe you actually want to get rid of /var/run/utmp, not wtmp. wtmp > holds login information, but not the info on who is currently logged in. > utmp is the file that holds that info. As I said in a previous message, I > don't recommend overwriting this file while your system is live because > some very weird things will happen if you do. Ok, never mind, it is /var/run/utmp. I did it once, and then logged out of all my consoles. It didn't give me any problems, but it sure wouldn't hurt to reboot if you can if it makes you feel safer. Whatever the case, it hasn't happened to me in ages, so I thought that whatever caused it was fixed. I think it was in Slackware 8.0 where I was having the bogus entries problem.