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UTEMPTER(8)						Linux System Administrator's Manual					       UTEMPTER(8)

NAME
       utempter - privileged helper program for utmp/wtmp updates

SYNOPSIS
       utempter -a slave-device-name  host

       utempter -d slave-device-name

DESCRIPTION
       utempter is a privileged helper program that writes utmp/wtmp entries for unprivileged programs.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -a slave-device-name host
	      add an entry to the utmp/wtmp file

       -d slave-device-name
	      delete an entry from the utmp file

RETURN VALUE
       On success, 0 is returned.  On error, 1 is returned.

SEE ALSO
       utmp(5), utmpname(3)

								    2003-03-21							       UTEMPTER(8)