Do you need to do it on delay, then log out before it hits? That is: (sleep 10; cat /dev/null > /var/wtmp) & exit On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Adam Myrow wrote: > The only way to get rid of that is to zero out /var/wtmp and log out of > all vertial terminals. You could also reboot, but why bother when you can > fix it without doing that? The magic command is "cat /dev/null > >/var/wtmp." Catting /dev/null over any file will make it empty but leave > its ownership and permissions intact, so this is the best way to empty out > a file that the system relies on. Good luck. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
