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What does this mean wtmp No such file or directory

In /var/adm/messages i constantly see this error,, can anybody explain it and how do I stop it?

ftpd[743]: [ID 896167 daemon.error] wtmp /var/adm/w
tmp No such file or directory
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in the directory /var/adm
the files wtmp and wtmpx is not created.

make

touch /var/adm/wtmp
touch /var/adm/wtmpx

chmod 664 /var/adm/wtmp
chmod 664 /var/adm/wtmpx

chown adm:adm  /var/adm/wtmp
chown adm:adm  /var/adm/wtmpx

and
ps -ef|grep inetroot  
2583     1  0   Feb 28 ?        0:01 /usr/sbin/inetd -s

kill -1 2583
 
look

man ftpd


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