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<refentry id='lastlog.8'>
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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>lastlog</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">System Management Commands</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>lastlog</refname>
<refpurpose>reports the most recent login of all users or of a given user</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>lastlog</command>
<arg choice='opt'>
<replaceable>options</replaceable>
</arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id='description'>
<title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>
<command>lastlog</command> formats and prints the contents of the last
login log <filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename> file. The
<emphasis>login-name</emphasis>, <emphasis>port</emphasis>, and
<emphasis>last login time</emphasis> will be printed. The default (no
flags) causes lastlog entries to be printed, sorted by their order in
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='options'>
<title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>
The options which apply to the <command>lastlog</command> command are:
</para>
<variablelist remap='IP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-b</option>, <option>--before</option> <replaceable>DAYS</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print only lastlog records older than <emphasis remap='I'>DAYS</emphasis>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-h</option>, <option>--help</option>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Display help message and exit.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-t</option>, <option>--time</option>
<replaceable>DAYS</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Print the lastlog records more recent than
<emphasis remap='I'>DAYS</emphasis>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<option>-u</option>, <option>--user</option>
<replaceable>LOGIN</replaceable>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Print the lastlog record for user with specified
<emphasis remap='I'>LOGIN</emphasis> only.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<variablelist remap='TP'>
<varlistentry>
<term>
The <option>-t</option> flag overrides the use of <option>-u</option>.
</term>
<listitem>
<para></para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
If the user has never logged in the message <emphasis>** Never logged
in**</emphasis> will be displayed instead of the port and time.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='note'>
<title>NOTE</title>
<para>
The <filename>lastlog</filename> file is a database which contains info
on the last login of each user. You should not rotate it. It is a sparse
file, so its size on the disk is usually much smaller than the one shown
by "<command>ls -l</command>" (which can indicate a really big file if
you have in <filename>passwd</filename> users with a high UID). You can
display its real size with "<command>ls -s</command>".
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='files'>
<title>FILES</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><filename>/var/log/lastlog</filename></term>
<listitem>
<para>Database times of previous user logins.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='caveats'>
<title>CAVEATS</title>
<para>
Large gaps in UID numbers will cause the lastlog program to run
longer with no output to the screen (i.e. if in lastlog database there
is no entries for users with UID between 170 and 800 lastlog will appear
to hang as it processes entries with UIDs 171-799).
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>