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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1993 Michael Haardt (michael@cantor.informatik.rwth-aachen.de), |
| 2 | .\" Fri Apr 2 11:32:09 MET DST 1993 | |
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25 | .\" Modified 1993-07-25 by Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) |
| 26 | .\" Modified 1995-02-26 by Michael Haardt | |
| 27 | .\" Modified 1996-07-20 by Michael Haardt | |
| e00c3a07 | 28 | .\" Modified 1997-07-02 by Nicolás Lichtmaier <nick@debian.org> |
| fea681da | 29 | .\" Modified 2004-10-31 by aeb, following Gwenole Beauchesne |
| 9f43659f | 30 | .TH UTMP 5 2020-12-21 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" |
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31 | .SH NAME |
| 32 | utmp, wtmp \- login records | |
| 33 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
| c7db92b9 | 34 | .nf |
| 62218dc0 | 35 | .B #include <utmp.h> |
| c7db92b9 | 36 | .fi |
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37 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 38 | The | |
| 39 | .I utmp | |
| 40 | file allows one to discover information about who is currently using the | |
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41 | system. |
| 42 | There may be more users currently using the system, because not | |
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43 | all programs use utmp logging. |
| 44 | .PP | |
| 45 | .B Warning: | |
| 46 | .I utmp | |
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47 | must not be writable by the user class "other", |
| 48 | because many system programs (foolishly) | |
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49 | depend on its integrity. |
| 50 | You risk faked system logfiles and | |
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51 | modifications of system files if you leave |
| 52 | .I utmp | |
| 01f59bf3 | 53 | writable to any user other than the owner and group owner of the file. |
| fea681da | 54 | .PP |
| c5571b61 | 55 | The file is a sequence of |
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56 | .I utmp |
| 57 | structures, | |
| 58 | declared as follows in | |
| 59 | .IR <utmp.h> | |
| 60 | (note that this is only one of several definitions | |
| fea681da | 61 | around; details depend on the version of libc): |
| 78bffc45 | 62 | .PP |
| 088a639b | 63 | .in +4n |
| bdd915e2 | 64 | .EX |
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65 | /* Values for ut_type field, below */ |
| 66 | ||
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67 | #define EMPTY 0 /* Record does not contain valid info |
| 68 | (formerly known as UT_UNKNOWN on Linux) */ | |
| 69 | #define RUN_LVL 1 /* Change in system run-level (see | |
| 4a95bc02 | 70 | \fBinit\fP(1)) */ |