NetBSD/lib/libutil/loginx.3
wiz 4a47c952db Add documentation for utmpx and some related functions.
Thanks for some explanations to christos, and for some STANDARDS hints
to Klaus Klein.
2002-09-27 15:02:24 +00:00

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.Dd September 26, 2002
.Dt LOGINX 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm loginx ,
.Nm logoutx ,
.Nm logwtmpx
.Nd login utility functions
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libutil
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include \*[Lt]util.h\*[Gt]
.Ft void
.Fn loginx "const struct utmpx *ut"
.Ft int
.Fn logoutx "const char *line" "int status" "int type"
.Ft void
.Fn logwtmpx "const char *line" "const char *name" "const char *host" "int status" "int type"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn loginx ,
.Fn logoutx ,
and
.Fn logwtmpx
operate on the
.Xr utmpx 5
database of currently logged in users, and the
.Xr wtmpx 5
database of logins and logouts.
.Pp
The
.Fn loginx
function updates the
.Pa /var/run/utmpx
and
.Pa /var/log/wtmpx
databases with the information from
.Fa ut .
.Pp
.Fn logoutx
updates the entry corresponding to
.Fa line
with the type and status from
.Fa type
and
.Fa status .
.Pp
.Fn logwtmpx
writes an entry filled with data from
.Fa line ,
.Fa name ,
.Fa host ,
.Fa status ,
and
.Fa type
to the
.Xr wtmpx 5
database.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn logoutx
returns 1 on success, and 0 if no corresponding entry was found.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr endutxent 3 ,
.Xr utmpx 5