PAM_LASTLOG

Section: Linux\-PAM Manual (8)
Updated: 06/16/2009
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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 FC/var/log/lastlogF[] 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 FC/var/log/lastlogF[] file.

never

: If the FC/var/log/lastlogF[] 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 FC/etc/pam.d/loginF[] to display the last login time of an user:



    session  required  pam_lastlog.so nowtmp

FILES

FC/var/log/lastlogF[]

: Lastlog logging file

AUTHOR

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

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