On 8/9/07, Paula J. Lindsay <paula@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi everyone, > We have an issue here at the institute. Our rh ws 4's and fedora's are > running on instruments and the lab uses the file > wtmp to bill the users for the time they are spending on these > instruments. The problem is, at the end of the month, > the wtmp file deletes itself. We need to get it set up to copy to a > file, i.e., > > wtmp=this month > wtmp1=last month > wtmp2=the month before > > does anyone know how I can do this? Any advice/suggestions/opinions > will be generously welcome. > Many thanks in advance. > Paula > > -- > --*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > o The Paula J. Lindsay, IT Analyst III > / Research Computing, TPC21 > o Scripps phone: 858.784.9378 > \ fax: 858.784.9301 > o Research email: paula@xxxxxxxxxxx > / > o Institute > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > The wtmp file rotation is controlled by the logrotate package. The /etc/logrotate.conf file controls how many previous rotations to keep. Take a look. Romeo -- Romeo Theriault System Administrator University of Maine at Fort Kent Ph#: 207-834-7815 Em@: romeo.theriault@xxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
