trying to send update to counter.li.org

ricemark20 · 07-02-2006, 09:06 AM

Got this message while executing: ./machine-update -i

Code:

----- Problem info gathered during probing -----
/usr/bin/last failed because /var/log/wtmp isn't readable

how can I make wtmp readable so I can update the Linux Counter?

tcn03u · 07-02-2006, 03:45 PM

I believe that you need root access to read that file

ricemark20 · 07-02-2006, 09:50 PM

tried root, got this message when opening through gedit

Code:

gedit was not able to automatically detect the character coding. 
Please, check that you are not trying to open a binary file and try 
again selecting a character coding in the 'Open File...' 
(or 'Open Location') dialog.

tcn03u · 07-03-2006, 03:27 AM

It is actually a binary file. You can open it using GHex, but that's not really necessary. All you need to do is execute the script as root.

ricemark20 · 07-03-2006, 06:04 AM

That worked this time, but the Linux Counter site said root was not needed.