PAM_LASTLOG
Section: Linux-PAM Manual (8)
Updated: 06/04/2011
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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(7)
AUTHOR
pam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
Index
- NAME
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- OPTIONS
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- MODULE TYPES PROVIDED
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- RETURN VALUES
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- EXAMPLES
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- FILES
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- SEE ALSO
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- AUTHOR
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