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