Re: disable telnet log for wtmp

"thesoulcrusher" <TheSoulCrusher@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

I was wondering if there is a way to exclude a login from being logged
by wtmp.. A coworker is running an ftp program that logs into our
server at an interval of milliseconds, and it has caused our wtmp log
to grow outrageous in size. When you do a last on the user, there is
litterally millions of logs of his login sessions.

At that frequency, even the load caused by repeated password
verifications might be non-negligible.

Sounds like your coworker is polling some file, in a very stupid way.
If such frequent checks are truly necessary, it would be better to
keep the session open between attempts.

There might be other, smarter ways to fulfill your coworker's needs.
What exactly is he/she trying to achieve?

I cannot seem to find anywhere through man pages or through threads, on
how to releive such a problem

In the spirit of alt.sysadmin.recovery, I'd recommend finding a
suitable "Clue Installation Tool" and applying it to your coworker.
Repeat if necessary. :-D

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