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34.Dd December 14, 1995
35.Dt LOGIN 3
36.Os
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm login ,
39.Nm logout ,
40.Nm logwtmp
41.Nd login utility functions
42.Sh LIBRARY
43.Lb libutil
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.In util.h
46.Ft void
47.Fn login "struct utmp *ut"
48.Ft int
49.Fn logout "const char *line"
50.Ft void
51.Fn logwtmp "const char *line" "const char *name" "const char *host"
52.Sh DESCRIPTION
53The
54.Fn login ,
55.Fn logout ,
56and
57.Fn logwtmp
58functions operate on the database of current users in
59.Pa /var/run/utmp
60and on the logfile
61.Pa /var/log/wtmp
62of logins and logouts.
63.Pp
64The
65.Fn login
66function updates the
67.Pa /var/run/utmp
68and
69.Pa /var/log/wtmp
70files with user information contained in
71.Fa ut .
72.Pp
73The
74.Fn logout
75function removes the entry from
76.Pa /var/run/utmp
77corresponding to the device
78.Fa line .
79.Pp
80The
81.Fn logwtmp
82function adds an entry to
83.Pa /var/log/wtmp .
84Since
85.Fn login
86will add the appropriate entry for
87.Pa /var/log/wtmp
88during a login,
89.Fn logwtmp
90is usually used for logouts.
91.Sh RETURN VALUES
92.Fn logout
93returns non-zero if it was able to find and delete an entry for
94.Fa line ,
95and zero if there is no entry for
96.Fa line
97in
98.Pa /var/run/utmp .
99.Sh FILES
100.Bl -tag -width /var/run/wtmp -compact
101.It Pa /dev/\(**
102.It Pa /etc/ttys
103.It Pa /var/run/utmp
104.It Pa /var/log/wtmp
105.El
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr utmp 5
108