On 27/07/11, Renato wrote: | sorry, I think I don't understand what you're saying, maybe my english | isn't very good. the files /var/log/wtmp and /var/log/btmp are indeed | present in my system Make sure: - Your files are 600 and are owned by root:root - You run 'lastb' with sudo or as root - The place where /var/log is mounted is rw by root - agetty is running as root - sshd is running as root That's all I have to offer. If these things are ok, you should be ok. -- Simon Perry (aka Pezz)