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PAM_LASTLOG

NAME

pam_lastlog − PAM module to display date of last login

SYNOPSIS

pam_lastlog.so [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm] [nowtmp]

DESCRIPTION

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.

OPTIONS

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.

MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED

Only the session service is supported.

RETURN VALUES

PAM_SUCCESS

Everything was successfull.

PAM_SERVICE_ERR

Internal service module error.

PAM_USER_UNKNOWN

User not known.

EXAMPLES

Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login time of an user:

session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp

FILES

/var/log/lastlog

Lastlog logging file

SEE ALSO

pam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(7)

AUTHOR

pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.

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