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| author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-02-29 04:48:40 +0000 |
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| committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-02-29 04:48:40 +0000 |
| commit | 5d3f36a2784372401ae7572a40f9f47769b7d577 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d21a8e36286e47e2c219612db793934fcc75946 /share/man/man5/utmp.5 | |
| parent | 632d71ab86f825e017ee5b912dbbc9006fdf81a7 (diff) | |
Various cleanup.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man5/utmp.5')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/utmp.5 | 39 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/utmp.5 b/share/man/man5/utmp.5 index 76151c89184..14fafb7d8cb 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/utmp.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/utmp.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: utmp.5,v 1.12 2000/01/18 21:49:00 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: utmp.5,v 1.13 2000/02/29 04:48:39 aaron Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.5 1994/11/30 19:31:35 jtc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 @@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <utmp.h> .Sh DESCRIPTION -The file +The .Aq Pa utmp.h -declares the structures used to record information about current +file declares the structures used to record information about current users in the -.Nm +.Nm utmp file, logins and logouts in the .Nm wtmp file, and last logins in the .Nm lastlog file. -The time stamps of date changes, shutdowns and reboots are also logged in +The time stamps of date changes, shutdowns, and reboots are also logged in the .Nm wtmp file. @@ -91,12 +91,13 @@ Each time a user logs in, the .Xr login program looks up the user's .Tn UID -in the file -.Nm lastlog . +in the +.Nm lastlog +file. If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged -in, the terminal line and the hostname +in, the terminal line, and the hostname are written to the standard output (provided the login is not -.Dq quiet , +.Dq quiet ; see .Xr login 1 ) . The @@ -112,14 +113,13 @@ record is written, .\" .Xr libutil 3 .\" routine the -.Nm +.Nm utmp file is opened and the .Fa utmp -record for the user inserted. -This record remains there until -the user logs out at which time it is deleted. +record for the user is inserted. +This record remains until the user logs out at which time it is deleted. The -.Nm +.Nm utmp file is used by the programs .Xr rwho 1 , .Xr users 1 , @@ -198,17 +198,8 @@ strings are thus not guaranteed to be null terminated. .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact .It Pa /var/run/utmp -the -.Nm -file .It Pa /var/log/wtmp -the -.Nm wtmp -file .It Pa /var/log/lastlog -the -.Nm lastlog -file .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr last 1 , @@ -218,7 +209,7 @@ file .Xr init 8 .Sh HISTORY A -.Nm +.Nm utmp and .Nm wtmp file format appeared in |