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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Incoherence between finger and .sh_history Post 302375846 by methyl on Sunday 29th of November 2009 08:26:20 PM
Old 11-29-2009
Finger reads "wtmp". If wtmp does not exist, or is empty, or has wrong permissions, finger will return "Never logged in".


What does this give?


Code:
last -R username


Last edited by methyl; 11-29-2009 at 09:29 PM.. Reason: Weird display corruption
 

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utmpset(8)						      System Manager's Manual							utmpset(8)

NAME
utmpset - logout a line from utmp and wtmp file SYNOPSIS
utmpset [ -w ] line DESCRIPTION
The utmpset program modifies the user accounting database utmp(5) and optionally wtmp(5) to indicate that the user on the terminal line has logged out. Ordinary init(8) processes handle utmp file records for local login accounting. The runit(8) program doesn't include code to update the utmp file, the getty(8) processes are handled the same as all other services. To enable local login accounting, add utmpset to the getty(8) finish scripts, e.g.: $ cat /service/getty-5/finish #!/bin/sh exec utmpset -w tty5 $ OPTIONS
-w wtmp. Additionally to the utmp file, write an empty record for line to the wtmp file. EXIT CODES
utmpset returns 111 on error, 1 on wrong usage, 0 in all other cases. SEE ALSO
sv(8), runsv(8), runit(8), runit-init(8) runsvdir(8), runsvchdir(8), chpst(8), svlogd(8), getty(8) http://smarden.org/runit/ AUTHOR
Gerrit Pape <pape@smarden.org> utmpset(8)
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