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From: newton@cleese.apana.org.au (Mark Newton)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: FreeBSD: /var/log/lastlog ?
Date: 14 Feb 1994 06:41:10 +1030
Organization: cleese.apana.org.au Public Access UNIX +61-8-3736006
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In article <CL0q2s.G6@jester.GUN.de>, Michael Gerhards (michael@jester.GUN.de) wrote:
> 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 ?
lastlog records the last login times for all of your users. If you
don't add new users, its size won't change at all.
By saying that, I don't mean that you should stop adding users -- I just
mean that you don't have to worry about it expanding to fill your hard disk.
- mark
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