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Re: problem with utmp file (fwd)
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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