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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: wtmp problem: garbage in /usr/adm/wtmp
Message-ID: <1844@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 6-May-87 17:59:15 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1844
Posted: Wed May  6 17:59:15 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 9-May-87 01:28:38 EDT
References: <469@uhccux.UUCP> <6554@mimsy.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <6554@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
>In article <469@uhccux.UUCP> todd@uhccux.UUCP (The Perplexed Wiz) writes:
>>... my wtmp file was getting data ok and then it looks like some
>>garbage got thrown into it...
>
>This occurs when the file system fills up.  `struct utmp' is 36
>bytes long in stock 4.3BSD.  It was 20 bytes long in 4.1BSD, and
>may have been 28 bytes in 4.2BSD.

	The file system filling up is definitly not required to cause
	the problem with ultrix 1.2.  Anybody have any notions on
	whether or not it might be something to do with decnet?

-- 
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