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Re: [cobalt-users] lastlog file gets very big.



> -rw-r--r--  1 root   root   19136220 Dec 14 00:12  /var/log/lastlog
> [10:09:54:war-admiral:/var/log]lastlog | wc -l
>     165   10536
> Is it supposed to be rotated somehow? Why is it large? Is something
> wrong?
> Josh Kuperman

yes it should be rotated by logrotate  and the best way to see what is in it
is with last | more

I have seen ftp webcams cause this due to a high amount of logins by the
cam...

This can fill up your / too

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