Re: wtmpx

 
> I have some troubles with my squid configuration. I found that it writes
> in the wtmpx log file (/var/adm) and thus this file becomes very large.

wtmpx only exists on some versions of Unix, e.g. SCO 3.2v5.0.x, but
not SCO3.2v4.2 or earlier. You didn't say which version you were
using.

> Why does squid do this ? How could I prevent from this ?

The string wtmp appears nowhere within the source of 2.0P2 (you did
not identify the version, although 2.1P? is the latest production
version - mine is slightly out of date), nor in the Linux binary
created from this. There are no /etc/wtmp log entries attributable
to squid.

Assuming SCO, could you use who -a to provide information on what is
being logged.

PS the message to someone else about the wrong year wasn't meant to
be copied to the list.

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