The command 'last' failed to run

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

Getting below error while trying to run last command

last: /var/log/wtmp: No such file or directory
Perhaps this file was removed by the operator to prevent logging last info.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9

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