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HP-UX 11i Version 3: February 2007
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NAME

wtmps, btmps — user login information

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/types.h>

#include <utmps.h>

DESCRIPTION

wtmps and btmps hold user and accounting information for such commands as last, who, write, and login (see last(1), who(1), write(1), and login(1)).

File btmps contains bad login entries for each invalid logon attempt. File wtmps contains a record for all logins and logouts apart from accounting records. These files contain utmps-like structure, the key elements of the structure are given below:

char ut_user[] User login name char ut_id[] Unique Id to distinguish an entry char ut_line[] Device name pid_t ut_pid Process Id short ut_type Type of Entry struct ut_exit The exit status of a process struct timeval ut_tv Time entry was made char ut_host[] Host name, if remote uint8_t ut_addr[] Internet Address of the Host, if remote short ut_addr_type Flag to identify type of address in ut_addr #define WTMPS_FILE "/var/adm/wtmps" #define BTMPS_FILE "/var/adm/btmps"

Note that wtmps and btmps tend to grow without bound, and should be checked regularly. Information that is no longer useful should be removed periodically to prevent the file from becoming too large. Also note that wtmps and btmps are not created by the programs that maintain them. Thus, if these files are removed, login record-keeping is turned off.

AUTHOR

wtmps and btmps were developed by Hewlett-Packard Company.

FILES

/var/adm/wtmps

/var/adm/btmps

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