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Hi,

I needed to write a script to "Collect and Display the Last User ID and Date of Last Login".

The requirement is:
When a workstation stops reporting it could be for many reasons. If we know the last person who logged in before the workstation came down, then we can contact the last person to login to that specific machine and ask them if they know what has happened to the workstation.

Can someone provide a script to "Collecting & Displaying of Last User ID and Date of Last Login".

Thanks in advance,
amittal

last - display login and logout information about users and terminals

The last command looks in the /var/adm/wtmpx file, which
records all logins and logouts, for information about a
user, a terminal, or any group of users and terminals. Argu-
ments specify names of users or terminals of interest. If
multiple arguments are given, the information applicable to
any of the arguments is printed. For example, last root con-
sole lists all of root's sessions, as well as all sessions
on the console terminal. last displays the sessions of the
specified users and terminals, most recent first, indicating
the times at which the session began, the duration of the
session, and the terminal on which the session took place.
last also indicates whether the session is continuing or was
cut short by a reboot.

example:

Code:

root@mp-wst01 # last -a | more
pressy    pts/3        Wed Mar 21 18:53   still logged in  pressynb.ips.local
pressy    sshd         Wed Mar 21 18:53   still logged in  pressynb.ips.local
root      pts/2        Wed Mar 21 18:50   still logged in  pressynb.ips.local
root      sshd         Wed Mar 21 18:50 - 18:53  (00:02)   pressynb.ips.local
root      pts/2        Wed Mar 21 17:51 - 17:52  (00:00)   pressynb.ips.local
root      sshd         Wed Mar 21 17:51 - 17:52  (00:00)   pressynb.ips.local
root      pts/2        Wed Mar 21 17:40 - 17:40  (00:00)   pressynb.ips.local
root      sshd         Wed Mar 21 17:40 - 17:40  (00:00)   pressynb.ips.local
root      pts/2        Wed Mar 21 16:36 - 17:07  (00:31)   pressynb.ips.local
root      sshd         Wed Mar 21 16:36 - 17:07  (00:31)   pressynb.ips.local

regards pressy