GNU/Linux |
Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty Jackalope) |
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pam_lastlog(8) |
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pam_lastlog − PAM module to display date of last login
pam_lastlog.so [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm] [nowtmp] |
pam_lastlog is a PAM module to display a line of information about the last login of the user. In addition, the module maintains the /var/log/lastlog file.
Some applications may perform this function themselves. In such cases, this module is not necessary.
debug
Print debug information.
silent
Don´t inform the user about any previous login, just upate the /var/log/lastlog file.
never
If the /var/log/lastlog file does not contain any old entries for the user, indicate that the user has never previously logged in with a welcome message.
nodate
Don´t display the date of the last login.
noterm
Don´t display the terminal name on which the last login was attempted.
nohost
Don´t indicate from which host the last login was attempted.
nowtmp
Don´t update the wtmp entry.
Only the session service is supported.
PAM_SUCCESS
Everything was successfull.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
Internal service module error.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
User not known.
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login time of an user:
session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp
/var/log/lastlog
Lastlog logging file
pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)
pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
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