[NTLUG:Discuss] wtmp begins $recently .. why?

[Wayne Walker]

logrotate is the most likely culprit.

On Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 10:58:47AM -0500, Richard Geoffrion wrote:
> What system functions could cause wtmp to be reset/restarted/whatever  
> so that it 'begins' on a date that was NOT the day the system was 
> originally installed?  Googling and manning shows me that init and getty 
> have some interaction..but what could reset it so that history is lost 
> in wtmp when it's not lost in the btmp file?
> 
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> Richard
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