UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i need to know, for all users in /etc/passwords, when their last login was including the year.

is this kept as one record per person anywhere? I believe that WTMPX, keeps transactions of login and logout, but i just need the last time including people who never have logged in.

i know that fwtmp can convert wtmpx data to text, but it is still transactions, not status.

thanks

Code:

for user in  `awk -F: '{printf("%s ", $1)}'  /etc/passwd`
do 
  last -1 $user
done

That is -[character one] not ell

The date info will not contain the requested year, at least for the last six months, and wtmp is rotated frequently, esp. on busy systems, so users who logged in some time ago may be lost (unless you create rchives of wtmp).