Systemlogviewer in Ubuntu states that btmp is no usual file that can be opened. I don't know what happened. Some hours ago this problem hasn't yet occured? how can i fix it. when i delete btmp file. is there automatically created a new one? I'm a very newbie with logging and internals in ubuntu and linux. Please advice me step by step what to do to fix it?
Ubuntu – /var/log/btmp not readable format
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Best Answer
Use
last
to read the binary file with the-f
flag. btmp logs failed authentication attempts.