Name
logwtmp -- append an entry to the wtmp file
Synopsis
#include <utmp.h>
void logwtmp(const char *line, const char *name, const char *host); |
Description
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 occurs in the old libbsd.
Files
/var/log/wtmp database of past user logins