SUMMARY : Tracking users' logins

From: Jeff Byers System Admin. (accutec!jbyers@uwm.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 12 1990 - 08:47:02 CST


     OK OK OK OK OK OK OK !!

     I am posting this now, before I run out of disk space... I have
     recieved 141 replies thus far and the phone is still ringing.

     MY ORIGINAL REQUEST FOLLOWS :

     Does anybody kow if there is a way of tracking users' logins? The
     actual information I need is login and logout information for each
     day. The "finger" command lists only the last time the user logged
     in but it provides the information I will need. The "ac" command
     provides total information for each day, but doesn't provide the
     information the "finger" command does.

     I would like to see output similar to this:

     Nov 8 user1 logged in at 9:00 and logged out at 5:00 on ttyxx from
             system-name

     Is there something like this available? Is there a script I can
     write?

     Any help would be appreciated. Send all replies / Flames to me
     directly. Thanks.

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     The two biggest replies was to use the "last" command and also to use
     "who /usr/adm/wtmp". I am not sure why, but "last" does not exist on
     my system. At least not before the mail started flooding in. I have
     aquired it from a friend and all seems to be just what I am looking
     for (EXACTLY). Obviously, I would be old, gray, and seriously
     crippled in the wrist from replying to everybody that responded.
     Therefore, I would like to say thanks to all who did respond to this
     simple request. You know who you are (All 141 of you!).

     Thanks again,

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