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NAME
endutxent, getutxent, getutxid, getutxline, pututxline, setutxent - user accounting database functions
SYNOPSIS
#include <utmpx.h>
void endutxent(void);
struct utmpx *getutxent(void);
struct utmpx *getutxid(const struct utmpx *id);
struct utmpx *getutxline(const struct utmpx *line);
struct utmpx *pututxline(const struct utmpx *utmpx);
void setutxent(void);
DESCRIPTION
These functions shall provide access to the user accounting database.
The getutxent() function shall read the next entry from the user accounting database. If the database is not already open, it shall open
it. If it reaches the end of the database, it shall fail.
The getutxid() function shall search forward from the current point in the database. If the ut_type value of the utmpx structure pointed to
by id is BOOT_TIME, OLD_TIME, or NEW_TIME, then it shall stop when it finds an entry with a matching ut_type value. If the ut_type value is
INIT_PROCESS, LOGIN_PROCESS, USER_PROCESS, or DEAD_PROCESS, then it shall stop when it finds an entry whose type is one of these four and
whose ut_id member matches the ut_id member of the utmpx structure pointed to by id. If the end of the database is reached without a match,
getutxid() shall fail.
The getutxline() function shall search forward from the current point in the database until it finds an entry of the type LOGIN_PROCESS or
USER_PROCESS which also has a ut_line value matching that in the utmpx structure pointed to by line. If the end of the database is reached
without a match, getutxline() shall fail.
The getutxid() or getutxline() function may cache data. For this reason, to use getutxline() to search for multiple occurrences, the
application shall zero out the static data after each success, or getutxline() may return a pointer to the same utmpx structure.
There is one exception to the rule about clearing the structure before further reads are done. The implicit read done by pututxline() (if
it finds that it is not already at the correct place in the user accounting database) shall not modify the static structure returned by
getutxent(), getutxid(), or getutxline(), if the application has modified this structure and passed the pointer back to pututxline().
For all entries that match a request, the ut_type member indicates the type of the entry. Other members of the entry shall contain meaning-
ful data based on the value of the ut_type member as follows:
ut_type Member Other Members with Meaningful Data
EMPTY No others
BOOT_TIME ut_tv
OLD_TIME ut_tv
NEW_TIME ut_tv
USER_PROCESS ut_id, ut_user (login name of the user),
ut_line, ut_pid, ut_tv
INIT_PROCESS ut_id, ut_pid, ut_tv
LOGIN_PROCESS ut_id, ut_user (implementation-defined
name of the login process), ut_pid,
ut_tv
DEAD_PROCESS ut_id, ut_pid, ut_tv
An implementation that provides extended security controls may impose implementation-defined restrictions on accessing the user accounting
database. In particular, the system may deny the existence of some or all of the user accounting database entries associated with users
other than the caller.
If the process has appropriate privileges, the pututxline() function shall write out the structure into the user accounting database. It
shall use getutxid() to search for a record that satisfies the request. If this search succeeds, then the entry shall be replaced. Other-
wise, a new entry shall be made at the end of the user accounting database.
The endutxent() function shall close the user accounting database.
The setutxent() function shall reset the input to the beginning of the database. This should be done before each search for a new entry if
it is desired that the entire database be examined.
These functions need not be reentrant. A function that is not required to be reentrant is not required to be thread-safe.
RETURN VALUE
Upon successful completion, getutxent(), getutxid(), and getutxline() shall return a pointer to a utmpx structure containing a copy of the
requested entry in the user accounting database. Otherwise, a null pointer shall be returned.
The return value may point to a static area which is overwritten by a subsequent call to getutxid() or getutxline().
Upon successful completion, pututxline() shall return a pointer to a utmpx structure containing a copy of the entry added to the user
accounting database. Otherwise, a null pointer shall be returned.
The endutxent() and setutxent() functions shall not return a value.
ERRORS
No errors are defined for the endutxent(), getutxent(), getutxid(), getutxline(), and setutxent() functions.
The pututxline() function may fail if:
EPERM The process does not have appropriate privileges.
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
The sizes of the arrays in the structure can be found using the sizeof operator.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
The Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <utmpx.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE
and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained
online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .
IEEE
/The Open Group 2003 ENDUTXENT(P)