PAM_LASTLOG



PAM_LASTLOG


NAME
pam_lastlog − PAM module to display date of last login

SYNOPSIS

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

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 update 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.

noupdate

Don´t update any file.

showfailed

Display number of failed login attempts and the date of the last failed attempt from btmp. The date is not displayed when nodate is specified.

MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
Only the session module type is provided.

RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS

Everything was successful.

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(8)

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






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