LASTLOGIN(8) | System Manager's Manual | LASTLOGIN(8)

# NAME

`lastlogin` — indicate last login time of users

# SYNOPSIS

`lastlogin` | [`-Fnrt`] [`-f` filename] [`-H` hostsize] [`-L` linesize] [`-N` namesize] [user ...]

# DESCRIPTION

`lastlogin` will list the last login session of specified users, or for all users by default. Each line of output contains the user name, the tty from which the session was conducted, any hostname, and the start time for the session.

If multiple users are given, the session information for each user is printed in the order given on the command line. Otherwise, information for all users is printed, sorted by uid.

`lastlogin` differs from last(1) in that it only prints information regarding the very last login session. The last login database is never turned over or deleted in standard usage.

The following options are available:

`-F`
  Use fixed widths for all output fields.
`-f` filename
  Process input from filename. If the file ends with an “x”, then it is assumed that it is a lastlogx(5) file, else it is assumed to be a lastlog(5) file.
`-H` hostlen
  Set the field width for host output to hostlen characters.
`-L` linelen
  Set the field width for line output to linelen characters.
`-N` namelen
  Set the field width for name output to namelen characters.
`-n`
  Attempt to print numeric host addresses. This option is only supported with lastlogx(5) format files.
`-r`
  Reverse the order of the sort.
`-t`
  Sort by last login time (most recent first.)

# FILES

/var/log/lastlogx
  default last login database
/var/log/lastlog
  compatibility last login database

# EXAMPLES

`lastlogin` looks by default to the /var/log/lastlogx database, where some old programs that are not utmpx(5) aware might only write to /var/log/lastlog. To look at the old database one can use:

`lastlogin -f /var/log/lastlog`

# SEE ALSO

last(1), lastlog(5), lastlogx(5), ac(8)

# AUTHORS

John M. Vinopal wrote this program in January 1996 and contributed it to the NetBSD project.

May 6, 2020 | NetBSD 11.0