cron root login shows in wtmp

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • When running last, presented with a large amount of output similar to the following.
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 08:10 - 08:10  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 08:05 - 08:05  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 08:01 - 08:01  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 08:00 - 08:00  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 08:00 - 08:00  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:55 - 07:55  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:50 - 07:50  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:50 - 07:50  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:45 - 07:45  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:40 - 07:40  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:40 - 07:40  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:35 - 07:35  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:30 - 07:30  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:30 - 07:30  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:25 - 07:25  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:20 - 07:20  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:20 - 07:20  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:15 - 07:15  (00:00)
root     cron                          Tue Dec 31 07:10 - 07:10  (00:00)
  • Is there a method to not have the cron logins by root appear in wtmp?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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