09-01-2011
Sorry, I should have mentioned. I use Kubuntu Linux, currently version 11.04.
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utempter_add_record
UTEMPTER(3) BSD Library Functions Manual UTEMPTER(3)
NAME
utempter_add_record, utempter_remove_added_record, utempter_remove_record, utempter_set_helper -- utempter interface
SYNOPSIS
#include <utempter.h>
int
utempter_add_record(int fd, const char *host);
int
utempter_remove_added_record(void);
int
utempter_remove_record(int fd);
void
utempter_set_helper(const char *pathname);
DESCRIPTION
utempter_add_record() function adds a login record to the database for the TTY belonging to the pseudo-terminal master file descriptor fd,
using the username corresponding with the real user ID of the calling process and the optional hostname host. This function spawns a privi-
leged process to perform the actual logging.
utempter_remove_record() function marks the login session as being closed for the TTY belonging to the pseudo-terminal master file descriptor
fd. This function spawns a privileged process to perform the actual logging.
utempter_remove_added_record() function has the same properties as the previously mentioned function, except that it uses an internally
cached value of the file descriptor passed to the login functions.
utempter_set_helper() function changes default helper path to the specified value. The pointer passed to this function must remain valid all
the time while utempter interface is in use.
RETURN VALUES
On error, zero is returned. On success, a non-zero value is returned.
NOTES
During execution of the privileged process spawned by these functions, SIGCHLD signal handler will be temporarily set to the default action.
SEE ALSO
pututline(3), sigaction(3), updwtmp(3).
HISTORY
These functions appeared in ALT Linux Sisyphus in October 2001.
ALT Linux November 4, 2010 ALT Linux