utmp and wtmp, not updating

From: Jeff Foster, CCS Open System Group (jfoster_at_uclink.berkeley.edu)
Date: 09/22/03

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    Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 13:32:21 -0700
To: tru64 <tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov>

    hi all,
    I have a es-40 runing 5.1a.
    wtmp and utmp stop working after a few minutes after a reboot.
    I have compared permissions and such to a working 5.1a system. these are ok.
    I cp'ed /dev/null to each and rebooted. no entries are added to the system.

    anyone seen this before? any suggestions

    thanks for help,
    JEff 

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Jeff Foster
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CCS - UC Berkeley
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