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LOGIN(3)                                                                Linux Programmer's Manual                                                               LOGIN(3)

NAME
       login, logout - write utmp and wtmp entries

SYNOPSIS
       #include <utmp.h>

       void login(const struct utmp *ut);
       int logout(const char *ut_line);

       Link with -lutil.

DESCRIPTION
       The utmp file records who is currently using the system.  The wtmp file records all logins and logouts.  See utmp(5).

       The function login() takes the supplied struct utmp, ut, and writes it to both the utmp and the wtmp file.

       The function logout() clears the entry in the utmp file again.

   GNU details
       More  precisely,  login()  takes  the argument ut struct, fills the field ut->ut_type (if there is such a field) with the value USER_PROCESS, and fills the field
       ut->ut_pid (if there is such a field) with the process ID of the calling process.  Then it tries to fill the field ut->ut_line.  It takes  the  first  of  stdin,
       stdout,  stderr  that is a terminal, and stores the corresponding pathname minus a possible leading /dev/ into this field, and then writes the struct to the utmp
       file.  On the other hand, if no terminal name was found, this field is filled with "???"  and the struct is not written to the utmp file.  After this, the struct
       is written to the wtmp file.

       The  logout()  function  searches  the  utmp file for an entry matching the ut_line argument.  If a record is found, it is updated by zeroing out the ut_name and
       ut_host fields, updating the ut_tv timestamp field and setting ut_type (if there is such a field) to DEAD_PROCESS.

RETURN VALUE
       The logout() function returns 1 if the entry was successfully written to the database, or 0 if an error occurred.

FILES
       /var/run/utmp
              user accounting database, configured through _PATH_UTMP in <paths.h>

       /var/log/wtmp
              user accounting log file, configured through _PATH_WTMP in <paths.h>

ATTRIBUTES
       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).

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       β”‚Interface         β”‚ Attribute     β”‚ Value                                                                                                                       β”‚
       β”œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”Όβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”Όβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€
       β”‚login(), logout() β”‚ Thread safety β”‚ MT-Unsafe race:utent sig:ALRM timer                                                                                         β”‚
       β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”΄β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
       In the above table, utent in race:utent signifies that if any of the functions setutent(3), getutent(3), or endutent(3) are used in parallel in different threads
       of a program, then data races could occur.  login() and logout() calls those functions, so we use race:utent to remind users.

CONFORMING TO
       Not in POSIX.1.  Present on the BSDs.

NOTES
       Note that the member ut_user of struct utmp is called ut_name in BSD.  Therefore, ut_name is defined as an alias for ut_user in <utmp.h>.

SEE ALSO
       getutent(3), utmp(5)

GNU                                                                            2021-03-22                                                                       LOGIN(3)