UPDWTMP
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2021-03-22
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NAME
updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file
SYNOPSIS
#include <utmp.h>
void updwtmp(const char *wtmp_file, const struct utmp *ut);
void logwtmp(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host);
For
logwtmp(),
link with -lutil.
DESCRIPTION
updwtmp()
appends the utmp structure
ut
to the wtmp file.
logwtmp()
constructs a utmp structure using
line, name, host,
current time, and current process ID.
Then it calls
updwtmp()
to append the structure to the wtmp file.
FILES
- /var/log/wtmp
-
database of past user logins
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value
|
updwtmp(),
logwtmp()
| Thread safety | MT-Unsafe sig:ALRM timer
|
CONFORMING TO
Not in POSIX.1.
Present on Solaris, NetBSD, and perhaps other systems.
NOTES
For consistency with the other "utmpx" functions (see
getutxent(3)),
glibc provides (since version 2.1):
#include <utmpx.h>
void updwtmpx (const char *wtmpx_file, const struct utmpx *utx);
This function performs the same task as
updwtmp(),
but differs in that it takes a
utmpx
structure as its last argument.
SEE ALSO
getutxent(3),
wtmp(5)
COLOPHON
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Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- FILES
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- ATTRIBUTES
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- CONFORMING TO
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- NOTES
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- SEE ALSO
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- COLOPHON
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