Alex Prinsier wrote these words on 09/26/05 15:22 CST: > Indeed a nice work around. But I'm getting confused now that you tell me > about lastlog. > > Aren't you talking about utmp/wtmp? What's the difference between > /var/log/wtmp, utmp and lastlog? > > My first thought was that lastlog just keeps a log of which user logged > in from where the last time. Utmp and wtmp keep track of who is > currently logged in, don't know why there are 2 files though...
Please read the utmp man page. Every question you ask in the message above is answered. :-) -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 15:28:00 up 1 day, 23:52, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.15, 0.37 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
