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Security and Privacy Sadly, malware, spyware, hackers and privacy threats abound in today's world. Let's be paranoid and secure our penguins, and slam the doors on privacy exploits.

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Old 29th June 2009, 02:34 PM
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lastb...how to clear it
i run lastb every now and again to see who is trying to p0wn my box and it dates back to november 08. how do i clear these entries to i can get a more update view? or if you know a way i can do a 'more' or something so the IP's are not flying by that would be cool too!

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Old 29th June 2009, 03:06 PM
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this would clear the entire file periodically:

> /var/log/btmp
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Old 29th June 2009, 03:10 PM
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that worked like a charm! thanks!
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