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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 14:02:27 -0400 |
| commit | 6d8bdc65446a704d0750217efd05532fc641ea7d (patch) | |
| tree | 8ae6d698b3c9801750a8b117b3842fb369872a3a /static/openbsd/man5/utmp.5 | |
| parent | 2f467bd7ff8f8db0dafa40426166491d7f57f368 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man5/utmp.5 b/static/openbsd/man5/utmp.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..77978d9b --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man5/utmp.5 @@ -0,0 +1,218 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: utmp.5,v 1.26 2019/09/06 19:25:08 schwarze Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.5 1994/11/30 19:31:35 jtc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)utmp.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 3/17/94 +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 6 2019 $ +.Dt UTMP 5 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm utmp , +.Nm wtmp , +.Nm lastlog +.Nd login records +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In utmp.h +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.In utmp.h +file declares the structures used to record information about current +users in the +.Nm utmp +file, logins and logouts in the +.Nm wtmp +file, and last logins in the +.Nm lastlog +file. +The timestamps of date changes, shutdowns, and reboots are also logged in the +.Nm wtmp +file. +.Pp +.Nm wtmp +can grow rapidly on busy systems, so daily or weekly rotation is recommended. +If any one of these files does not exist, it is not created. +They must be created manually and are maintained by +.Xr newsyslog 8 . +.Bd -literal -offset indent +#define _PATH_UTMP "/var/run/utmp" +#define _PATH_WTMP "/var/log/wtmp" +#define _PATH_LASTLOG "/var/log/lastlog" + +#define UT_NAMESIZE 32 +#define UT_LINESIZE 8 +#define UT_HOSTSIZE 256 + +struct lastlog { + time_t ll_time; + char ll_line[UT_LINESIZE]; + char ll_host[UT_HOSTSIZE]; +}; + +struct utmp { + char ut_line[UT_LINESIZE]; + char ut_name[UT_NAMESIZE]; + char ut_host[UT_HOSTSIZE]; + time_t ut_time; +}; +.Ed +.Pp +Each time a user logs in, the +.Xr login 1 +program looks up the user's +.Tn UID +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 +are written to the standard output (provided the login is not +.Dq quiet ; +see +.Xr login 1 ) . +The +.Xr login 1 +program then records the new login time in the +.Nm lastlog +file. +.Pp +After the new +.Fa lastlog +record is written, +.\" the +.\" .Xr libutil 3 +.\" routine +the +.Nm utmp +file is opened and the +.Fa utmp +record for the user is inserted. +This record remains until the user logs out at which time it is deleted. +The +.Nm utmp +file is used by the programs +.Xr users 1 , +.Xr w 1 , +and +.Xr who 1 . +.Pp +Next, the +.Xr login 1 +program opens the +.Nm wtmp +file and appends the user's +.Fa utmp +record. +When the user logs out, a +.Fa utmp +record with the tty line, an updated timestamp, and zeroed name and host +fields is appended to the file (see +.Xr init 8 ) . +The +.Nm wtmp +file is used by the programs +.Xr last 1 +and +.Xr ac 8 . +.Pp +In the event of a date change, shutdown, or reboot, the +following items are logged in the +.Nm wtmp +file: +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width shutdownxx -compact +.It Li reboot +.It Li shutdown +A system reboot or shutdown has been initiated. +A tilde +.Pq Sq \&~ +character is placed in the field +.Fa ut_line , +and +.Dq reboot +or +.Dq shutdown +in the field +.Fa ut_name +(see +.Xr shutdown 8 +and +.Xr reboot 8 ) . +.Pp +.It Li date +The system time has been manually or automatically updated (see +.Xr date 1 ) . +The command name +.Xr date 1 +is recorded in the field +.Fa ut_name . +In the field +.Fa ut_line , +the +.Dq \&| +character indicates the time prior to the change and the +.Dq \&{ +character indicates the new time. +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact +.It Pa /var/run/utmp +.It Pa /var/log/wtmp +.It Pa /var/log/lastlog +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr last 1 , +.Xr login 1 , +.Xr who 1 , +.Xr ac 8 , +.Xr init 8 , +.Xr newsyslog 8 +.Sh HISTORY +A file +.Pa /tmp/utmp +first appeared in +.At v1 +and a file +.Pa /tmp/wtmp +in +.At v2 . +The +.Nm lastlog +file format appeared in +.Bx 3.0 . +.Sh CAVEATS +The strings in the +.Fa utmp +and +.Fa lastlog +structures are +.Em not +normal +.Sq C +strings and are thus not guaranteed to be null terminated. |
