* clean up a couple of typos.
* clarify how a utmp record is deleted upon logout. * clarify the format of a wtmp record appended at logout (from Geoff Wing <mason@primenet.com.au> in [misc/3196]
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.\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.5 1994/11/30 19:31:35 jtc Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: utmp.5,v 1.6 1997/06/22 08:11:08 lukem Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
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program looks up the user's
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.Tn UID
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in the file
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.Nm lastlog.
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.Nm lastlog .
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If it is found, the timestamp of the last time the user logged
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in, the terminal line and the hostname
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are written to the standard output. (Providing the login is not
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.Fa utmp
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record for the user inserted.
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This record remains there until
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the user logs out at which time it is deleted.
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the user logs out at which time it is deleted (by clearing
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the user and host fields, and updating the timestamp field).
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The
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.Nm utmp
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file is used by the programs
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and appends the user's
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.Fa utmp
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record.
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The same
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When the user logs out, a
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.Fa utmp
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record, with an updated time stamp is later appended
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to the file when the user logs out. (See
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record with the tty line, an updated time stamp, and cleared user and host
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fields is appended to the file. (See
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.Xr init 8 . )
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The
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.Nm wtmp
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.Bl -tag -width /var/log/lastlog -compact
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.It Pa /var/run/utmp
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The
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.Nm utmp file.
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.Nm utmp
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file.
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.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
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The
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.Nm wtmp file.
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.Nm wtmp
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file.
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.It Pa /var/log/lastlog
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The
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.Nm lastlog file.
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.Nm lastlog
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file.
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr last 1 ,
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