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Re: problem with utmp file (fwd)
Hi
Thanks for the help. However, the logname commands continues with the
same message. Also, I saw that the who command shows only the login of
the terminals, but doesn't show the xterm windows opened in X.
What else could I do?
Thanks
Evgeny Stambulchik wrote:
>
> edgardo@ccc.uba.ar (Edgardo Szulsztein) wrote:
>
> > I was told (in this list) to touch /var/adm/utmp. It worked, but I went
> > on with problems; when I log in the system, it appears the message:
> >
> > logname: no login name
> >
> > The logname command see the /etc/utmp file, that exists. So, why does
> > this command give this error?
>
> cd /var
> ln -s adm log
> mkdir -p run
> mv /etc/utmp run
> ln -sf /var/run/utmp /etc/utmp
> ln -sf /var/run/utmp /var/adm/utmp
>
> Evgeny
>
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