lastlog(8)


NAME

   lastlog - reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user

SYNOPSIS

   lastlog [options]

DESCRIPTION

   lastlog formats and prints the contents of the last login log
   /var/log/lastlog file. The login-name, port, and last login time will
   be printed. The default (no flags) causes lastlog entries to be
   printed, sorted by their order in /etc/passwd.

OPTIONS

   The options which apply to the lastlog command are:

   -b, --before DAYS
       Print only lastlog records older than DAYS.

   -h, --help
       Display help message and exit.

   -R, --root CHROOT_DIR
       Apply changes in the CHROOT_DIR directory and use the configuration
       files from the CHROOT_DIR directory.

   -t, --time DAYS
       Print the lastlog records more recent than DAYS.

   -u, --user LOGIN|RANGE
       Print the lastlog record of the specified user(s).

       The users can be specified by a login name, a numerical user ID, or
       a RANGE of users. This RANGE of users can be specified with a min
       and max values (UID_MIN-UID_MAX), a max value (-UID_MAX), or a min
       value (UID_MIN-).

   If the user has never logged in the message ** Never logged in** will
   be displayed instead of the port and time.

   Only the entries for the current users of the system will be displayed.
   Other entries may exist for users that were deleted previously.

NOTE

   The lastlog file is a database which contains info on the last login of
   each user. You should not rotate it. It is a sparse file, so its size
   on the disk is usually much smaller than the one shown by "ls -l"
   (which can indicate a really big file if you have in passwd users with
   a high UID). You can display its real size with "ls -s".

FILES

   /var/log/lastlog
       Database times of previous user logins.

CAVEATS

   Large gaps in UID numbers will cause the lastlog program to run longer
   with no output to the screen (i.e. if in lastlog database there is no
   entries for users with UID between 170 and 800 lastlog will appear to
   hang as it processes entries with UIDs 171-799).





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