PAM_LASTLOG(8) Linux-PAM Manual PAM_LASTLOG(8)NAMEpam_lastlog - PAM module to display date of last login
SYNOPSIS
pam_lastlog.so [debug] [silent] [never] [nodate] [nohost] [noterm]
[nowtmp] [noupdate] [showfailed]
DESCRIPTIONpam_lastlog is a PAM module to display a line of information about the
last login of the user. In addition, the module maintains the
/var/log/lastlog file.
Some applications may perform this function themselves. In such cases,
this module is not necessary.
OPTIONS
debug Print debug information.
silent Don't inform the user about any previous login, just upate the
/var/log/lastlog file.
never If the /var/log/lastlog file does not contain any old entries
for the user, indicate that the user has never previously logged
in with a welcome message.
nodate Don't display the date of the last login.
noterm Don't display the terminal name on which the last login was
attempted.
nohost Don't indicate from which host the last login was attempted.
nowtmp Don't update the wtmp entry.
noupdate
Don't update any file.
showfailed
Display number of failed login attempts and the date of the last
failed attempt from btmp. The date is not displayed when nodate
is specified.
MODULE SERVICES PROVIDED
Only the session service is supported.
RETURN VALUES
PAM_SUCCESS
Everything was successfull.
PAM_SERVICE_ERR
Internal service module error.
PAM_USER_UNKNOWN
User not known.
EXAMPLES
Add the following line to /etc/pam.d/login to display the last login
time of an user:
session required pam_lastlog.so nowtmp
FILES
/var/log/lastlog
Lastlog logging file
SEE ALSOpam.conf(5), pam.d(5), pam(8)AUTHORpam_lastlog was written by Andrew G. Morgan <morgan@kernel.org>.
Linux-PAM Manual 01/09/2013 PAM_LASTLOG(8)
