UPDWTMP   (3) manpage
UPDWTMP
3
2003-07-18
GNU
Linux Programmer's Manual
  • NAME
      updwtmp, logwtmp - append an entry to the wtmp file
  • SYNOPSIS
      
       #include <utmp.h>
      
       void updwtmp(const char * wtmp_file , const struct utmp * ut );
      

      void logwtmp(const char * line , const char * name , const char * host );
  • DESCRIPTION
      updwtmp() appends the utmp structure
      ut
      to the wtmp file.



      logwtmp() constructs an utmp structure using
      line ", " name ", " host ,
      current time and current process id.
      Then it calls updwtmp() to append the structure to the utmp file.
  • AVAILABILITY
      Both functions are available under glibc2, but not under libc5.
      However,
      logwtmp used to occur in the old libbsd. These days, the
      logwtmp function is included in libutil. (Hence you'll need to add
      -lutil to your compiler commandline to get it.)
  • FILES
      /var/log/wtmp
      database of past user logins
  • SEE ALSO
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