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.\"
.\" Copyright (c) DFN-CERT, Univ. of Hamburg 1994
.\"
.\" Univ. Hamburg, Dept. of Computer Science
.\" DFN-CERT
.\" Vogt-Koelln-Strasse 30
.\" 22527 Hamburg
.\" Germany
.\"
.\" @(#) $Header: chkwtmp.1,v 
.TH CHKWTMP 1  "Thu Oct 12 1994"
.AT 3
.SH NAME
chkwtmp \- check wtmp-file for deleted entries
.SH SYNOPSIS
.na
.B chkwtmp
.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
\fIChkwtmp\fP examines the file \fI/var/log/wtmp\fP for entries with no
information (containing only null-bytes). If such entries are found the
program prints the time window for the original entry. This is done
by displaying the timestamps of the wtmp-entry before and after the 
deleted entry.

To run chkwtmp you need read permission on the file /var/log/wtmp.
Normally this file is world-readable and no special privileges are 
required to run the checker. 
.SH "FILES"
.PD 0
.TP 20
.B /var/log/wtmp         
login data base
.PD
.SH "SEE ALSO"
wtmp(4), who(1)
.SH "LIMITATIONS"
An entry is recognized as overwritten if the time-information has been
overwritten with null-bytes.

This program was designed to run on SunOS 4.x systems only. On other 
systems the output is undefined...