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From: freedman@mips2.cr.bull.com (Jerome Freedman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: utmp/wtmp
Message-ID: <1990Jun29.141057.20312@mips2.cr.bull.com>
Date: 29 Jun 90 14:10:57 GMT
Organization: Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
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   Could someone explain the uses and abuses of utmp/wtmp files.
I have found TFM less than informative. I am reading telnet and
rlogin source but anything would be helpful. Also
could someone point out the differences between sys5, bsd and
posix use/interpretation of these files.


                                   Jerry Freedman,Jr