1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

being ordinary user (not having any administrative rights) can avail myself a facility to know who logged and logged out with their timings get popped onto my terminal as if it get echo 'ed... (3 Replies)

2. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi all, Say my login user id is "t007" and I login into the unix server first using my id and password and then I used to use "su" command to switch the user using root user id and password. Now, how the third person will come to know who has logged in as a first user ? As: Login: t007... (2 Replies)

3. Programming

I have wrote a service with c++ which is always run and now I want to get with it the exact time in that the user log in or log out and then run a script. but the problem is that how could i find that the user logged in or logged out with out checking something frequently? thanks (9 Replies)

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a situation where I have to capture information of all users who log out, along with the terminal info(tty command). For example, I may have logged in with /dev/pts/2 as well as /dev/pts4. Now, when I log out of the session with /dev/pts/2, I need that to be sent in an email to a... (1 Reply)

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

I have searched the forums but have not mangaed to quite find what im looking for. I have used to /etc/passwd command to present me a list of all users the who command to present all users currently logged on, but what i want to know is what command can i use to display users that are registered... (12 Replies)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How do I find this out? I have a feeling its a simple command such as who, but I just don't know what it is. I've had a search on here but either I can't put it into the right search criteria or there isn't a topic on it. Thanks. EDIT: Delete this thread, as I posted it I noticed the... (0 Replies)

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi friends I want to get a list of users who have logged in before 10 'o clock in the morning on a given date . I tried with who and last commands but last gives only the last login time How do i find who logged before 10 'o clock Thanks (3 Replies)

8. AIX

Hello everyone, I have a problem with one AIX server. When I run the last command, it shows thet many users logged in on Dec 31 at 19:00 and are "still logged in". I know that is a problem I've seen before but I don't know how to fix it. I just cleared the /var/adm/wtmp, but it started doing it... (4 Replies)

9. Shell Programming and Scripting

hi! How can I find into: /var/log/messages.4 /var/log/messages.3 /var/log/messages.2 /var/log/messages.1 /var/log/messages The last user do a login? (for example user1) My idea is to search by the pattern "Accepted password for" buy I necessary search into all files first and in the... (2 Replies)