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Subject: trashed /var/log files
From: Dave Feustel <dfeustel_(_at_)_verizon_(_dot_)_net>
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 13:40:03 -0500
Reply-to: dfeustel_(_at_)_mindspring_(_dot_)_com

What might cause  the /var/log files

failedlogin
lastlog
sendmail.st
wtmp 

files to be full  of garbage data (in the sense that 
either the files are full of non-ascii data or (in the case of wtmp) the
'last' command produces garbage )?

Thanks,
Dave Feustel

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