Re: wtmpx

I still have the same problem : each connection to the squid proxy is followed
by an entry in the wtmpx file. How could I escape this ?

Thanks in advance,

PS : Solaris 2.5.1 + Squid 2.1P2

David J Woolley wrote:

>
> > 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 version - mine is slightly out of date), nor in the Linux binary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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